Damian Kądzior

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

Damian Kądzior
Damian Kądzior with Poland in 2019
Personal information
Full name Damian Kądzior[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992
Place of birth Białystok, Poland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Piast Gliwice
Number 11
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 54 (9)
International career‡
2018– Poland 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2020

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 3 appearances[3] before being loaned out.

Loan to Motor Lublin

Kądzior joined Motor Lublin on loan on a two-year loan. During his time at Lublin, he scored 8 goals in total for the club.[3]

Loan to Dolcan Ząbki

In January 2015, Kądzior joined Dolcan Ząbki, where he made a total of 33 appearances, scoring 8 goals.[3]

Loan Wigry Suwałki

On 29 February 2016, Kądzior joined Wigry Suwałki on loan until the end of the season. He scored 4 goals in 14 appearances for the club.[3]

Wigry Suwałki

On 1 July, 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, in a 3–1 win over Legia, playing a total of 62 minutes.[5] He scored his first goal on 10 September, in a 2–1 in over 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, 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 and the club announced that he would wear the jersey number 92.[12][13]

Eibar

On 29 August 2020, Kądzior agreed to a three-year deal with La Liga side SD Eibar.[14]

Loan to Alanyaspor

On 19 January 2021, Kądzior moved to Alanyaspor, on a loan until the end of the season.[15]

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.[16] However, he did not make the final 23-man squad.[17] He made his debut for his country on 11 September 2018 in a friendly against Ireland.[18] His first goal for Poland came on 10 June, against Israel during the UEFA 2020 Qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jagiellonia Białystok 2012–13[19] Ekstraklasa 2010––30
2014–15[20] Ekstraklasa 1010––20
Total 3020––50
Motor Lublin (loan) 2012–13[19] II liga 14100––141
2013–14[21] II liga 32720––347
Total 46820––488
Dolcan Ząbki (loan) 2014–15[20] I liga 14200––142
2015–16[22] I liga 17521––196
Total 31721––338
Wigry Suwałki (loan) 2015–16[22] I liga 14400––144
Wigry Suwałki 2016–17[23] I liga 331462––3916
Total 471862––5320
Górnik Zabrze 2017–18[24] Ekstraklasa 371072––4412
Dinamo Zagreb 2018–19[3] Prva HNL 28642810–408
2019–20[3] Prva HNL 3010334201303813
Total 581675120107821
Eibar 2020–21[3] La Liga 6020––80
Alanyaspor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 17010––180
Piast Gliwice 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 33631––367
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 21330––243
Total 54961––6010
Career total 2996835111201034779

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[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 201830
201911
202020
Total61

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
110 June 2019Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Israel4–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Club

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual
Dinamo Zagreb
  • Player of the Year 2020[26]

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 29 de diciembre de 2020, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 29 December 2020, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. Gdy słyszysz śpiew kibiców Górnika, wiesz, że w życiu robisz coś zajebistego weszlo.com
  3. "Poland - D. Kądzior - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  4. Kusina, Maciej. "Damian Kądzior w Górniku". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. "Górnik Zabrze - Legia Warszawa: skrót meczu i bramki". Onet Ekstraklasa.tv (in Polish). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. "Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza - Górnik Zabrze: skrót meczu i bramki". Onet Ekstraklasa.tv (in Polish). 10 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. "Górnik Zabrze - Korona Kielce: skrót meczu i bramki | Ekstraklasa". Onet Ekstraklasa.tv (in Polish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  8. "Górnik Zabrze - Wisła Kraków: skrót meczu i bramki". Onet Ekstraklasa.tv (in Polish). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. "Damian Kadzior Match History | WhoScored.com". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  10. "Dinamo je već našao zamjenu za Soudanija? Stiže Kadzior" (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  11. "Marin Leovac i Poljak Kadzior su riješeni: Iduća 'meta' Majer" (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  12. "Nova pojačanja vjeruju u uspješnu sezonu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  13. "Damian Kadzior | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  14. "El internacional polaco Damian Kadzior, nuevo jugador armero" [Polish international Damian Kadzior, new armero player] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  15. "Son dakika | Alanyaspor, Damian Kadzior'u transfer etti" [Alanyaspor transferred Damian Kadzior]. Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  16. "World Cup 2018: Poland announce preliminary 35-man squad". talkSPORT. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  17. "World Cup 2018: Poland confirm 23-man squad as key star Kamil Glik gets injured". talkSPORT. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  18. "Poland v Ireland game report". Sky Sports. 11 September 2018.
  19. "Sezon 2012/13". 90minut. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  20. "Sezon 2014/15". 90minut. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  21. "Sezon 2013/14". 90minut. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  22. "Sezon 2015/16". 90minut. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  23. "Sezon 2016/17". 90minut. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  24. "Sezon 2017/18". 90minut. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  25. "Kądzior, Damian". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  26. "Kądzior Dinamo Player of the Year". sport.onet.pl. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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