Dawid Kownacki

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Dawid Kownacki
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Kownacki in 2014
Personal information
Full name Dawid Igor Kownacki[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Number 9
Youth career
GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
2005–2013 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Lech Poznań 94 (21)
2017–2020 Sampdoria 35 (6)
2019–2020 → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 25 (4)
2020– Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 (0)
National team‡
2011 Poland U15 4 (7)
2012 Poland U16 2 (1)
2012–2014 Poland U17 10 (8)
2014–2016 Poland U19 4 (0)
2015–2019 Poland U21 23 (15)
2018– Poland 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:07, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2019

Dawid Igor Kownacki (['david kɔvˈnat͡ski] (About this soundlisten); born 14 March 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf, and the Polish national team. Besides Poland, he has played in Italy and Germany.[2]

Early career[]

Having started out at local side GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, Kownacki joined Lech Poznań in 2005, coming through the youth ranks and making it to the first team in December 2013. He scored his first Ekstraklasa goal in February 2014 in a 5–1 loss at Pogoń Szczecin, becoming one of only five players aged under 17 to have registered in Poland's top flight. He won his first league title the following season – "At 16, people were calling me 'the new Lewandowski', and that was tough to handle, but I changed my attitude, grew up and am now much better at not taking to heart what people say. Of course, I still have big dreams".[3]

Club career[]

Sampdoria[]

On 11 July 2017, Kownacki signed a five-year contract with Italian side Sampdoria.[4]

In November, he scored a brace and assisted another goal in Sampdoria's 4–1 Coppa Italia win against Delfino Pescara in the fourth round.[5]

Fortuna Düsseldorf[]

On 31 January 2019, Kownacki joined to German Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan with an option to buy.[6]

On 30 June 2019, he rejoined Fortuna on another loan with an obligation to buy,[7] which was fulfilled in January 2020.

International career[]

Kownacki got his first call up to the senior Poland squad for matches against Georgia and Greece in June 2015.[8] Kownacki represented Poland at Under-16, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level, winning 33 caps and scoring 25 goals.[9]

In May 2018, he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad and subsequently final 23-man for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 21 April 2021.[11]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lech Poznań 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 13 2 – – – 13 2
2014–15 30 4 5 2 3 1 – 38 7
2015–16 24 6 4 0 5 1 1 0 34 7
2016–17 27 9 5 2 – 0 0 32 11
Total 94 21 14 4 8 2 1 0 117 27
Sampdoria 2017–18 Serie A 22 5 2 3 – – 24 8
2018–19 13 1 3 1 – – 16 2
Total 35 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 40 10
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2018–19 Bundesliga 10 4 1 0 – – 11 4
2019–20 20 0 2 0 – – 22 0
2020–21 2. Bundesliga 23 5 – – – 23 5
Total 53 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 56 9
Career total 180 36 22 8 8 2 1 0 223 46

1 Including Polish SuperCup.

International[]

As of 1 June 2021[12]
Poland
Year Apps Goals
2018 4 1
2019 2 0
2021 1 0
Total 7 1

International goals[]

As of match played on 12 June 2018. Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[12]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 June 2018 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland  Lithuania 3–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours[]

Lech Poznań

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Dawid Kownacki: W Fortunie odzyskałem radość z gry w piłkę laczynaspilka.pl
  3. ^ "Poland's Dawid Kownacki – 'the next Lewandowski'?". UEFA.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Kownacki è un calciatore della Sampdoria, arriva dal Lech Poznań" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Coppa: Kownacki seals Samp rout". Football Italia. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ "UFFICIALE: Samp, Kownacki al Fortuna Dusseldorf. C'è il controriscatto" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Kownacki joins Fortuna Dusseldorf on loan with obligation to buy" (Press release). Sampdoria. 30 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Poland June Call-Ups for Georgia and Greece Released". psnfutbol.com. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Hamburger enter talks with Sampdoria for Dawid Kownacki". Euro Football Rumours. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Dawid Kownacki". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kownacki, Dawid". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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