Dawid Kownacki
Dawid Igor Kownacki (['david kɔvˈnat͡ski] (
listen); 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.
 Kownacki in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dawid Igor Kownacki[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1997[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) |
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* 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 | |||
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".[2]
Club career
Sampdoria
On 11 July 2017, Kownacki signed a five-year contract with Italian side Sampdoria.[3]
In November, he scored a brace and assisted another goal in Sampdoria's 4–1 Coppa Italia win against Delfino Pescara.[4]
Fortuna Düsseldorf
On 31 January 2019, Kownacki joined to German Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan with an option to buy.[5]
On 30 June 2019, he rejoined Fortuna on another loan with an obligation to buy,[6] 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.[7] Kownacki represented Poland at Under-16, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level, winning 33 caps and scoring 25 goals.[8]
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.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 June 2019.[10]
| 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 | ||
| Career total | 137 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 41 | ||
1 Including Polish SuperCup.
International goals
- As of match played on 12 June 2018. Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 June 2018 | Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland |  Lithuania | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
References
- "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.
- http://www.uefa.com/under21/news/newsid=2451783.html
- "Kownacki è un calciatore della Sampdoria, arriva dal Lech Poznań" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Coppa: Kownacki seals Samp rout". Football Italia. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- "UFFICIALE: Samp, Kownacki al Fortuna Dusseldorf. C'è il controriscatto" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- "KOWNACKI JOINS FORTUNA DUSSELDORF ON LOAN WITH OBLIGATION TO BUY" (Press release). Sampdoria. 30 June 2019.
- "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.
- http://eurofootballrumours.com/hamburger-enter-talks-sampdoria-dawid-kownacki-7091/
- http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
- "Dawid Kownacki". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- "Kownacki, Dawid". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dawid Kownacki. |
- Dawid Kownacki at Soccerway
- Dawid Kownacki at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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