Robert Lewandowski. Surprise announcement about a footballer – and on his birthday

Barcelona started their competition in a successful manner. Part One In the 2024/2025 season – in the first round of the competition Hansego Girl They won 2-1 away to Valencia, and immediately moved to the top of the league table.

This victory is largely due to Robert Lewandowski who scored both goals for the “Pride of Catalonia” during the confrontation with “Los Ches”. A few days later, on August 21, the Pole can start celebrating his 36th birthday and… there is a very interesting story connected with him.

As Javier Gascon, a journalist for Mundo Deportivo, pointed out:Lewy“He is already the oldest striker to ever play for Barcelona, ​​and what’s more, he is also generally among the Blaugrana’s oldest players.

The ‘RL9’ are only ahead in the historical table by defenders (Alves, Aleksanko, Segarra, Migueli, Thuram) and goalkeepers (Pinto and Ramallets). Interestingly, if the captain of the Whites and Reds manages to fulfil his contract, which runs until the end of June 2026, he will be on the podium – only Dani Alves (39 years and 16 days) and Jose Manuel Pinto (38 years, 6 months and 9 days).

However, this is still a distant vision – a Lewandowski He will likely focus mainly on Barcelona’s upcoming matches, including the big one on August 24. Bayern will then try to face them against Athletic Bilbao, and will present themselves to the fans at the Olympic Stadium for the first time this season.

Of course, Lewy also has other matches planned. Polish national team – Team led Michel Proppers On September 5 and 8, they will face Scotland and Croatia respectively, all in the UEFA Nations League.