Lukas Podolski (born as Łukasz Podolski on June 4,
1985 in Gliwice, Katowice Voivodeship, Poland)
nicknamed (Prinz) Poldi, is a German footballer who
plays as a striker for Bayern Munich and is a member
of the German national team.
Podolski was born to Krystyna Podolski, a former
member of the Polish national handball team and
Waldemar Podolski, former Polish football
professional and the 1980 champion of Poland with
Szombierki Bytom, in the Upper Silesian industrial
town of Gliwice, Poland. In 1987, when Lukas
Podolski was only two years old, his family
emigrated from Poland to West Germany as ethnic
Germans (Aussiedler). Podolski grew up in Bergheim,
North Rhine-Westphalia, and later in Pulheim, both
near Cologne.
