Milik Arkadiusz
Arkadiusz Krystian “Arek” Milik is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Poland national team. Milik began his career as a footballer in the Rozwój Katowice youth squad. In 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Górnik Zabrze, and in 2012 he transferred to Bayer Leverkusen and later played on loan for FC Augsburg and Ajax respectively. In 2015–16, he was purchased by Ajax on a four-year deal for a reported €2.8 million fee. While playing for Ajax, Milik became one of the top goalscorers in Eredivisie. On 1 August 2016, he joined Italian club Napoli for €35 million, effectively replacing Gonzalo Higuaín. At international level, he participated at UEFA Euro 2016 with Poland, where his nation reached the quarter-final stage of the tournament. He also took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where his team was eliminated in the group stage.
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This shirt was issued for Arkadiusz Milink for the Fifa Club World Cup 2025. Milik missed the entire 2024–25 season after undergoing meniscus surgery in June 2024. He made it back for the last games of the season and he participated to the Fifa Club World Cup but he didn’t play any game. With two wins and two losses the team was eliminated from the FIFA Club World Cup at the hands of Real Madrid.
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Usually deployed as an out-and-out striker, Milik is a versatile and well-rounded left-footed forward who is also capable of playing off another forward as a second striker or as a winger, due to his ability to both score and create goals. He possesses pace and good movement off the ball, as well as a powerful and accurate shot, which make him an excellent finisher and goalscorer; he is also physically strong, agile, and a good header of the ball, which allows him to excel in the air. His playing style has been compared to that of his compatriot Robert Lewandowski in the Polish sports media. Regarded as a promising young striker in his youth, in 2012, Don Balón named him one of the 101 most promising young players in the world born after 1991. In 2013, Milik began dating professional Polish model Jessica Ziółek. Milik features on the cover of the Polish version of FIFA 16 alongside global cover star Lionel Messi. Milik is a devoted fan of Manchester United. Milik says he “dreams of playing for Manchester United”, but insists he’s “far from it”. Milik’s childhood football hero is Cristiano Ronaldo; in an interview during Euro 2016, he said he followed Ronaldo closely and had been inspired by the Portuguese striker.
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This shirt was issued for Arkadiusz Milik for the Serie A game between Juventus and Como which took place in Turin, “Allianz Stadium”, on February 21st 2026. Como defeated Juventus 2-0. This is the fourth limited edition 2025/2026 shirt, a collaboration with Adidas and Studio Sgura, features a hooped design in black and white, inspired by the 1996-97 pre-match design. The Adidas and Juventus logos are very small, creating a polo-like look, and the Sgura logo is only featured inside the collar, despite the collaboration. The shirt features a striking hooped design in black and white. The unconventional shirt breaks away from the club’s traditional vertical stripes, inspired by the hooped 1996-97 pre-match design. Both the Adidas logo and the club crest of the Juventus 2025-2026 4th kit are extremely small. This creates a polo-like look. However, while this is a collaboration with Milan-based Studio Sgura, it does only feature the Adidas logo. Three things were particularly noteworthy. First, as leaked before, the sponsor logos were tinily added between the small Adidas and Juventus logos. Second, ALL players wore long-sleeve shirts. Third, Adidas did not create a custom keeper kit (Juventus wore the standard template with just the different sponsor application). The Sgura logo is inside the collar only. Back in 2022, Adidas, Juventus, and Sgura teamed up for a special exhibition during Milan Fashion Week. That event may have laid the groundwork for this new on-pitch partnership. This will be only the third time Juventus has released a fourth kit. The previous two occasions were in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
