Adam Buksa

Adam Buksa

Buksa in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Midtjylland
Number	18
Youth career
	Wisła Kraków
0000–2010	Hutnik Kraków
2010–2013	Garbarnia Kraków
2013	Wisła Kraków
2013–2014	Novara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Lechia Gdańsk	16	(1)
2014–2016	Lechia Gdańsk II	10	(3)
2016–2018	Zagłębie Lubin	30	(5)
2016–2017	Zagłębie Lubin II	6	(5)
2017–2018	→ Pogoń Szczecin (loan)	12	(4)
2018–2020	Pogoń Szczecin	40	(18)
2020–2022	New England Revolution	64	(29)
2022–2024	Lens	8	(0)
2023	Lens II	1	(1)
2023–2024	→ Antalyaspor (loan)	33	(16)
2024–	Midtjylland	2	(2)
International career‡
2013	Poland U17	2	(0)
2013–2014	Poland U18	11	(2)
2014–2015	Poland U19	9	(4)
2016–2019	Poland U21	12	(2)
2021–	Poland	17	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2024

Adam Buksa (born 12 July 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the Poland national team. ^[1] Besides Poland, he has played in Italy, United States, France and Turkey. ^[2] He is the older brother of Aleksander Buksa.

Club career

Clubs in Poland

Adam Buksa is a product of the club's youth system of Wisła Kraków, but started his professional career in Lechia Gdańsk and made his debut on 25 July 2014 against Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. He played for Lechia for two seasons and moved to Zagłębie Lubin after the 2015–16 season. ^[3]

In Zagłębie, Buksa played until January 2018 and was loaned out to Pogoń Szczecin for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. After the season, Buksa signed a contract with Pogoń and established himself as one of the most promising young strikers in Poland. ^[4] In December 2019, he signed a contract for three years with New England Revolution from Major League Soccer.

New England Revolution

Buksa signed for the New England Revolution on 12 December 2019. His reported transfer fee of $4.5 million made him the second-most expensive signing in the franchises' history behind Gustavo Bou. He became the third Polish-born player to represent the Revolution, joining Rob Jachym (1997–98) and Janusz Michallik (1998). ^{[5] [6]} Buksa made his first appearance for the team in the season opener, a 2–1 loss to Montreal Impact on 29 February 2020. ^[7] He scored his first goal for the Revolution in the 28th minute the franchises' home opener against the Chicago Fire on 7 March 2020, assisted by Brandon Bye. It was the first goal scored by a first-year Revolution player in a home opener since Saër Sène in 2012 against the Portland Timbers. ^[8]

Buksa finished second in regular-season scoring for the Revolution in his inaugural campaign, with six goals and two assists in 23 appearances. ^[9]

On 24 November 2020, in the 26th minute of the first round of the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs, Buksa scored the game-winning goal in the Revolutions' 2–0 victory over the 1st-seeded, Supporter's Shield holders, the Philadelphia Union. ^[10]

Buksa scored the first goal of the Revolution's 2021 season in the franchises' season-opener against the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field on 17 April 2021 ^[11] He would lead the Revolution to their first MLS Supporter's Shield, finishing the 2021 season as the Revolution's top goal scorer. He would conclude the 2021 season tied for 5th in the league in goals scored with 16 in 31 appearances. ^[12] He would score the club's opening goal in the 2021 MLS Playoffs against eventual-champion NYCFC. Buksa's penalty would later be saved by Sean Johnson as the Revolution ultimately fell 3-2 in penalties following a 2–2 draw in open play. ^[13]

Buksa started the 2022 season strongly, scoring 7 goals in his first 10 matches for the club. His start to the season included a 7 game scoring streak, which tied a team record set by Wolde Harris in 2000. ^{[14] [15]} On 29 May 2022 Seth Macomber of The Bent Musket reported that Buksa, who had missed the Revolution's past two matches and had been released to Poland for national team duty, was close to joining Lens on a permanent deal. ^[16] On 6 June 2022. The Boston Globe's Frank Dell'Apa reported that the Revolution had indeed agreed to transfer Buksa to Lens in return for a transfer fee of $10 million, believed to be a record fee paid for a player by the French club. Buksa finished his Revolution career 11th on the all-time list of goal scorers for the club, with 35 goals in 73 games. ^[17]

Lens

Buksa with Lens in 2023 during warming up.

On 7 June 2022, New England Revolution announced that Buksa would be leaving the club and would be transferring to Ligue 1 club Lens for a reported transfer fee of $10 million. He joined Lens on 10 July 2022. ^[18] He made his first appearance in Ligue 1 on 9 September 2022 against Troyes.

Loan to Antalyaspor

On 18 July 2023, Buksa was sent on a season-long loan, with an option to buy, to Turkish club Antalyaspor, joining his compatriot Jakub Kałuziński. ^[19] He ended the season with 16 goals in 33 Süper Lig appearances, and was Antalyaspor's top goalscorer in all competitions across the 2023–24 campaign. ^[20] On 25 May 2024, a day after playing his final game for the club, Buksa announced on Instagram that he would leave Antalyaspor upon the expiry of his loan. ^[21]

Midtjylland

On 11 July 2024, Buksa moved to Danish defending champions Midtjylland on a four-year deal, for a reported fee of €4.5 million. ^[22] He scored on his debut, in a 1–1 league draw against Aarhus on 19 July. ^[23]

International career

Buksa received first call-up to the Poland national team by then-manager Jerzy Brzęczek in a friendly against the Czech Republic on 15 November 2018, but was unused in Poland's 1–0 defeat. ^[24] He was also an unused reserve in Poland's 1–1 away draw to Portugal in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, where Poland finished bottom but later spared from relegation due to UEFA's revising the format. ^[25]

After three years hiatus, Buksa finally made his debut for the national team against Albania as a starter in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, he also contributed one goal in the match where Poland achieved a 4–1 home win over the Balkan opponents. ^[26]

On just his second appearance with the national team, Buksa completed his first-ever hat trick as Poland went on to win against San Marino 7–1. ^[27]

Buksa was selected for his first international tournament on 7 June 2024, making Poland's final squad for UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany. ^[28] In Poland's opening match of the tournament against the Netherlands on 16 June, he scored off of a corner kick in the 16th minute to give Poland an early lead, before they fell to goals from Cody Gakpo and Wout Weghorst, losing the game 1–2. ^[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 July 2024 ^[30]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [lower-alpha 1]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lechia Gdańsk	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	8	1	1	0	—		—		9	1
	Total		16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
Zagłębie Lubin	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	22	4	0	0	—		—		22	4
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	8	1	1	0	—		—		9	1
	Total		30	5	1	0	—		—		31	5
Pogoń Szczecin (loan)	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	12	4	0	0	—		—		12	4
Pogoń Szczecin	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	22	11	1	0	—		—		23	11
	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	18	7	2	0	—		—		20	7
	Total		40	18	3	0	—		—		43	18
New England Revolution	2020	MLS	23	6	—		—		5 [lower-alpha 2]	1	28	7
	2021	MLS	31	16	—		—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	1	32	17
	2022	MLS	10	7	1	2	2 [lower-alpha 4]	2	0	0	13	11
	Total		64	29	1	2	2	2	6	2	73	35
Lens	2022–23	Ligue 1	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
Antalyaspor (loan)	2023–24	Süper Lig	33	16	2	0	—		—		35	16
Midtjylland	2024–25	Danish Superliga	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Career total			201	72	8	2	2	2	6	2	217	78

1. Includes Polish Cup, U.S. Open Cup, Turkish Cup
2. One appearance in MLS is Back Tournament, four appearances and one goal in MLS Cup Playoffs
3. Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
4. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League

International

As of match played 21 June 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland
	2021	5	5
	2022	4	0
	2023	4	1
	2024	4	1
Total		17	7

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Buksa goal.

List of international goals scored by Adam Buksa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 September 2021	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland	Albania	2–1	4–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	5 September 2021	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	5–1	7–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3				6–1
4				7–1
5	9 October 2021	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland	San Marino	4–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	12 October 2023	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
7	16 June 2024	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany	Netherlands	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

Zagłębie Lubin II

• IV liga Lower Silesia West: 2016–17 ^{[31] [32]}

New England Revolution

• Supporters' Shield: 2021

References

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15. "NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION". 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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19. "Adam Buksa İmzayı Attı" (in Turkish). Antalyaspor. 18 July 2023.
20. Kruczkowski, Michał (24 May 2024). "Adam Buksa zdobył bramkę w ostatnim meczu sezonu". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
21. Ptak, Jakub (25 May 2024). "Adam Buksa zmienia klub. To już potwierdzone!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
22. "Adam Buksa w nowym klubie. Transfer do 4-krotnego mistrza kraju, Liga Mistrzów czeka". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
23. Prokulski, Patryk (19 July 2024). "Adam Buksa z pierwszym golem w barwach FC Midtjylland. Udany debiut w nowym klubie [WIDEO]". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
24. "Poland - Czech Republic live - 15 November 2018". 15 November 2018.
25. "Poland fight back to draw in Portugal". BBC Sport.
26. "New England's Adam Buksa scores on Poland debut in World Cup Qualifying | MLSSoccer.com".
27. "International Roundup | Buksa bags hat trick for Poland, Turner (U.S.) and Buchanan (Canada) play to 1-1 draw | New England Revolution".
28. "Michał Probierz ogłosił kadrę na Euro 2024" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
29. Papuga, Wojciech (16 June 2024). "Niespodzianka była o krok! Polacy przegrali z Holandią na starcie Euro 2024 [WIDEO]". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
30. Adam Buksa at Soccerway
31. "Saltex IV liga 2016/2017, grupa: dolnośląska (zachód)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
32. "Zawodnik: Adam Buksa". laczynaspilka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.

External links

• Adam Buksa at Soccerway
• Adam Buksa at 90minut.pl (in Polish)