Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved a 38th minute penalty taken by Argentina No 10 Lionel Messi to take his side 0-0 at halftime. The two sides lock horns in their last FIFA World Cup 2022 Group C game at the Stadium 974 – Ras Abu Aboud on Wednesday.
Argentina, however, scored an early second-half goal to take the lead.
Who is Wojciech Szczesny?
Wojciech Szczesny is Poland’s goalkeeper at the FIFA World Cup 2022. He plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is 32 years old
Szczęsny was born in Warsaw. He is former Polish goalkeeper Maciej Szczęsny’s son.
The 32-year-old joined Premier League club Arsenal in 2006 and has played for Brentford, Roma and Juventus since. He made his Poland debut in 2009.
The Polish star is 6 ft 4 in or 195 cm and weighs 198 lbs or 90 kg, as per sportsbrief.com.
Family:
Szczęsny married Polish singer Marina Luczenko in May 2016. The two welcomed their son Liam in 2018.
Wojciech Szczęsny became the first goalkeeper to save two penalties at a single FIFA World Cup edition since Brad Friedel in 2002.
Stats:
In 13 games for Juventus in the 2022-23 season, he has conceded 12 goals and saved seven strikes.
The goalkeeper played 2970 minutes in the 2021 season in 33 Serie A games. For every 90 minutes he is on the field, he gave up an average of 0.85 goals.
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Since joining Juventus in the summer of 2017, Szczesny saved 11 penalties from a total of 34 faced. He saved three in Serie A in 2021.
Net worth:
The Juventus goalkeeper has a net worth is $40 million as of November 2022, surprisesports reported.
