Personal information Full name Lukas Josef Podolski[1] Date of birth 4 June 1985 (age 29) Place of birth Gliwice, Poland Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] Playing position Forward[3] Club information Current team Internazionale (on loan from Arsenal) Number 11 Youth career 1991–1995 FC 07 Bergheim 1995–2003 1. FC Köln Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003 1. FC Köln II 2 (0) 2003–2006 1. FC Köln 81 (46) 2006–2009 Bayern Munich 71 (15) 2007–2008 Bayern Munich II 2 (0) 2009–2012 1. FC Köln 88 (33) 2012– Arsenal 60 (19) 2015– → Internazionale (loan) 3 (0) National team‡ 2001–2002 Germany U17 6 (2) 2002–2003 Germany U18 7 (4) 2003 Germany U19 3 (6) 2004 Germany U21 5 (0) 2004– Germany 121 (47) Honours Germany Winner FIFA World Cup 2014 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:01, 17 January 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:47, 14 November 2014 (UTC) Lukas Josef Podolski (German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas poˈdɔlski]; born Łukasz Józef Podolski (IPA: [ˈwukaʂ poˈdɔlski]) on 4 June 1985) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Internazionale, on loan from English club Arsenal, and for the Germany national team. He is a left-footed attacker known for his strong shot, technique and probing attacks from the left side.[4] He joined 1. FC Köln in 1995 where he broke into the first team in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the club before moving to Bayern Munich. With Bayern, Podolski won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2008. Podolski returned to 1. FC Köln in 2009. He later signed for Premier League club Arsenal in 2012, with whom he won the FA Cup in 2014. Although he was eligible to play for Germany and Poland, Podolski chose to play for Germany. He was first capped by Germany in 2004 and has been part of the squad in all major tournaments since then, winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He is the third most-capped player in German history, with 120 caps, and the joint third-highest goalscorer in German history, having scored 47 times, tied with Rudi Völler and Jürgen Klinsmann. On 29 May 2013, Podolski scored the fastest goal in German national team history, after just 9 seconds of the 4–2 friendly win over Ecuador. It was also the second fastest international goal in history, second only to San Marinos Davide Gualtieris 8.3-second strike against England in 1993.[5][6]
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