| Michał Gurgul | |
| Fullname: | Michał Gurgul[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2006 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Poznań, Poland |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Lech Poznań |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | AP Reissa Jarocin |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2023 |
| Youthclubs2: | Lech Poznań |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Clubs1: | Lech Poznań II |
| Caps1: | 18 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Lech Poznań |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Poland U14 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Poland U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam3: | Poland U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam4: | Poland U18 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam5: | Poland U19 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 9 December 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 18 October 2024 |
| Upright: | 0.9 |
Michał Gurgul (born 30 January 2006) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.
At the age of 5, Gurgul joined the Jarocin branch of Akademia Piłkarska Reissa.[2] In 2017, he joined Lech Poznań's youth system.
With Gurgul as a regular in the starting line-up, Lech's U19 team won the 2022–23 Central Junior League title.[3]
Gurgul made his senior debut for Lech Poznań II on 28 February 2023 in a 2–0 league win against Radunia Stężyca.[4] Less than two weeks later, on 12 March 2023, he made his first appearance for the senior team as a substitute in a 1–1 Ekstraklasa draw against Piast Gliwice.[5] Two days later, it was announced he had signed a new three-year deal with the club.[6]
On 30 April 2023, he was named in Lech's starting line-up for a league home game against Górnik Zabrze, which ended in a 0–1 loss.[7]
In September 2023, following international break, he replaced Elias Andersson as the first-choice left-back in the team's line-up and started in every Ekstraklasa game played by Lech that month. On 28 September, Gurgul scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 win against defending champions Raków Częstochowa, levelling the score from close range in the 6th minute.[8]
Gurgul received his first call-up to the Poland U14s in 2019.[2] At the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, he appeared in all five games played by the under-17 team as they reached the semi-finals and secured a spot at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9] He was part of the squad for the tournament played in Indonesia,[10] and appeared in all three games played by the Polish U17s.
He then made his debut for the under-18s as a substitute in a friendly against Croatia on 6 September 2023.[11]
After serving as captain of the Poland under-19s in 2024,[12] on 5 November he received his maiden senior team call-up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Portugal and Scotland later that month,[13] appearing on the bench once against the latter.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Polish Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lech Poznań II | 2022–23[15] | II liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24[16] | II liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Lech Poznań | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25[17] | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | |||