Adam Buksa

Adam Buksa (born 12 July 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Serie A club Udinese and the Poland national team. He is Aleksander Buksa's older brother.

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.

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 Poland's most promising young strikers. 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 club's history behind Gustavo Bou. He became the third Polish-born player to represent the Revolution, joining Rob Jachym (1997–98) and Janusz Michallik (1998). Buksa made his first appearance in the season opener for the team, a 2–1 loss to Montreal Impact on 29 February 2020. He scored his first goal for the Revolution in the 28th minute of the club's home opener against the Chicago Fire on 7 March 2020, assisted by Brandon Bye. It was the first goal a first-year Revolution player scored in a home opener since Saër Sène in 2012 against the Portland Timbers.

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