Robert Lewandowski was born on 21 August 1988 in Warsaw. A Polish footballer, Lewandowski is a prolific striker who rose to fame at Borussia Dortmund before moving to Bayern Munich and then to Barcelona. He scored an enormous number of goals in the Bundesliga, setting a record for a single season, and won the Champions League with Bayern in 2020. He was named FIFA's best men's player in 2020 and 2021. He is the captain and all-time leading scorer of the Polish national team, which he has led in several World Cups and European Championships.
Before and after
- 23 June 1988Creation of Mathematica
- 23 June 1988James Hansen tells the US Senate that global warming has begun
- 3 July 1988Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown
- from 16 August 1988 to 18 August 1988Gladbeck hostage crisis
- 21 August 1988Birth of Robert Lewandowski
- September 1988Publication of The Satanic Verses
- 15 October 1988Birth of Mesut Özil
- 4 November 1988Launch of National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 8 November 19881988 United States presidential election
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