Lukas Josef Podolski is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Arsenal and the Germany national team. He is a left-footed attacker known for his strong shot, technique and probing attacks from the left side. He joined 1. FC K�ln in 1995 where he broke into the first team in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the club before moving to Bayern Munich. With Bayern, Podolski won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2008. Podolski returned to 1. FC K�ln in 2009. He later signed for Premier League club Arsenal in 2012, with whom he won the FA Cup in 2014. Although he was eligible to play for Germany and Poland, Podolski chose to play for Germany. He was first capped by Germany in 2004 and has been part of the squad in all major tournaments since then, winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He is the third most-capped player in German history, with 119 caps, and the joint fifth-highest goalscorer in German history, having scored 47 times, tied with Rudi V�ller and J�rgen Klinsmann. On 29 May 2013, Podolski scored the fastest goal in German national team history, after just 9 seconds of the 4?2 friendly win over Ecuador. 

June 4th, 1985 in Gliwice (Age 39)