Damian Kądzior

Polish footballer (born 1992)

Damian Kądzior
Damian Kądzior with Poland in 2019
Personal information
Full name Damian Kądzior[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Białystok, Poland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Piast Gliwice
Number 92
Youth career
0000–2012 Jagiellonia Białystok
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Jagiellonia Białystok 3 (0)
2012–2014 → Motor Lublin (loan) 46 (8)
2014–2015 → Dolcan Ząbki (loan) 31 (7)
2015–2016 → Wigry Suwałki (loan) 14 (4)
2016–2017 Wigry Suwałki 33 (14)
2017–2018 Górnik Zabrze 37 (9)
2018–2020 Dinamo Zagreb 58 (16)
2020–2021 Eibar 6 (0)
2021 → Alanyaspor (loan) 17 (0)
2021– Piast Gliwice 79 (11)
International career
2018–2020 Poland 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024

Damian Kądzior (born 16 June 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice.

Club career

Kądzior was born in Białystok, Poland, where he joined the Jagiellonia Białystok youth academy.[2]

Jagiellonia Białystok

Kądzior started playing for the Jagiellonia senior team in 2012, and made three appearances before being loaned out.[3]

Loan to Motor Lublin

Kądzior joined Motor Lublin on loan on a two-year loan. During his time at Lublin, he scored eight goals in total for the club.[3]

Loan to Dolcan Ząbki

In January 2015, Kądzior joined Dolcan Ząbki on a temporary basis, where he made a total of 33 appearances, scoring eight goals.[3]

Loan to Wigry Suwałki

On 29 February 2016, Kądzior moved on loan to Wigry Suwałki until the end of the season. He scored four goals in 14 appearances for the club.[3]

Wigry Suwałki

On 1 July 2016, he joined the club on a free transfer. During his time at the club, he scored a total of 20 goals in 53 appearances.[3]

Górnik Zabrze

On 4 July 2017, he joined Górnik Zabrze.[4] He made his debut on 15 July that year, in a 3–1 win over Legia Warsaw, playing a total of 62 minutes.[5] He scored his first goal on 10 September, in a 2–1 victory over Bruk-Bet Termalica.[6] On 20 October, he scored twice during a 3–3 draw with Korona Kielce.[7] His last appearance for the club was in a 2–0 win over Wisła Kraków.[8][9]

Dinamo Zagreb

In the early days of June 2018, several Croatian newspaper websites, such as 24sata, had reported that Kądzior was close to a move to champions Dinamo Zagreb.[10][11] On 18 June, the club officially announced that Kądzior, along with several others players, had joined the club, for a reported fee of around €500,000. He was assigned the squad number 92.[12][13]

SD Eibar

On 29 August 2020, Kądzior agreed to a three-year deal with La Liga side Eibar.[14] The club informed about the transfer in its Internet page.[15] The transfer cost €2,000,000 plus the additional bonuses.[16] Eibar was the second club outside of Poland in his career.[17]

He debuted in La Liga on 12 October 2020 in a first match of the season with Celta Vigo, coming off the bench in the 61th minute, replacing Takashi Inui.[18] His first appearance in the starting line-up came in a 1–2 loss to Athletic Bilbao on 27 October.[19][20] After a discussion with the national team coach Jerzy Brzęczek, Kądzior did not attend Poland's training camp in November 2020 to stay in Atxabalpe.[21] He recorded his assist for Eibar on 7 January 2021, in a Copa del Rey win against Las Rozas CF, when in 14th minute of the match he crossed the ball to Yoshinori Muto.[22]

Loan to Alanyaspor

On 19 January 2021, Kądzior moved to Alanyaspor, on a loan until the end of the season.[23] He successfully underwent medical testing the day before the announcement.[24] He debuted in Alanyaspor two days later, in a Süper Lig match against Erzurumspor, he came off the bench in 74th minute, changing Adam Bareiro.[25] Before the match, he went to two training sessions.[26] On 4 March 2021, in his eighth appearance for the club, Kądzior recorded his first assist, when in 53rd minute of the match with Göztepe he had crossed the ball to Georgios Tzavellas, who scored the goal.[27] On 8 March 2021, he suffered an ankle injury during a match against Trabzonspor.[28]

Piast Gliwice

On 19 July 2021, after completing a medical,[29][30] Piast Gliwice announced the signing of Kądzior on a three-year deal.[31] He debuted in Piast on 25 July 2021 in a 2–3 loss to Raków Częstochowa, when in the 80th minute he came off the bench, replacing Dominik Steczyk.[32][33][34] He scored his first goal in Piast on 29 September 2021, in the first round of Polish Cup, in the match with Włocłavia Włocławek. That goal was scored from a penalty kick.[35] A year later, his contract with Piast was prolonged to the end of June 2025.[36][37] On 19 March 2023, he sustained an ankle injury while training before the match with Miedź Legnica. A few days later, he underwent surgery[38] and was unable to play for the remainder of the season.[39][40]

International career

In May 2018, Kądzior was named in the Poland national team's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Russia.[41] However, he did not make the final 23-man squad.[42] He made his debut for his country on 11 September 2018 in a friendly against Ireland.[43] His first goal for Poland came on 10 June, against Israel during the UEFA 2020 Qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jagiellonia Białystok 2012–13[44] Ekstraklasa 2 0 1 0 — — 3 0
2014–15[45] Ekstraklasa 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Total 3 0 2 0 — — 5 0
Motor Lublin (loan) 2012–13[44] II liga 14 1 0 0 — — 14 1
2013–14[46] II liga 32 7 2 0 — — 34 7
Total 46 8 2 0 — — 48 8
Dolcan Ząbki (loan) 2014–15[45] I liga 14 2 0 0 — — 14 2
2015–16[47] I liga 17 5 2 1 — — 19 6
Total 31 7 2 1 — — 33 8
Wigry Suwałki (loan) 2015–16[47] I liga 14 4 0 0 — — 14 4
Wigry Suwałki 2016–17[48] I liga 33 14 6 2 — — 39 16
Total 47 18 6 2 — — 53 20
Górnik Zabrze 2017–18[49] Ekstraklasa 37 10 7 2 — — 44 12
Dinamo Zagreb 2018–19[3] Prva HNL 28 6 4 2 81 0 – 40 8
2019–20[3] Prva HNL 30 10 3 3 42 0 13 0 38 13
Total 58 16 7 5 12 0 1 0 78 21
Eibar 2020–21[3] La Liga 6 0 2 0 — — 8 0
Alanyaspor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
Piast Gliwice 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 33 6 3 1 — — 36 7
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 21 3 3 0 — — 24 3
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 25 2 4 1 — — 29 3
Total 79 11 10 2 — — 89 13
Career total 324 70 39 12 12 0 1 0 376 12

1 Three appearances in UEFA Champions League and five appearances in UEFA Europa League.
2 All appearances in UEFA Europa League.
3 One appearance in 2019 Croatian Football Super Cup.

International

As of match played 14 October 2020[50]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2018 3 0
2019 1 1
2020 2 0
Total 6 1

International goal

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kądzior goal.
List of international goals scored by Damian Kądzior
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 June 2019 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland  Israel 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

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