Tomasz Kędziora

Tomasz Karol Kędziora (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈkarɔl kɛnˈd͡ʑɔra]; born 11 June 1994) is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

Tomasz Kędziora
Kędziora with Dynamo Kyiv in 2018
Personal information
Full name Tomasz Karol Kędziora[1]
Date of birth (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994
Place of birth Sulechów, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right defender
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Number 94
Youth career
0000–2010 UKP Zielona Góra
2010–2012 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Lech Poznań 117 (5)
2017– Dynamo Kyiv 89 (3)
National team‡
2009–2011 Poland U-17 7 (0)
2011–2012 Poland U-18 5 (1)
2012–2013 Poland U-19 12 (4)
2014–2015 Poland U-20 4 (0)
2015–2017 Poland U-21 17 (0)
2017– Poland 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2020

Club career

The beginnings

At the age of just four, Tomasz Karol[2] Kędziora started attending the youth academy of the UKP Zielona Góra. He was being trained at the time by his father, Mirosław.[3] In 2000 he officially started training with players his age.

In July 2010, he took part as an UKP Zielona Góra player in the final tournament of the Polish Junior Championships. The team won the bronze medal, coached by Tomasz Kędziora's father.[4]

Lech Poznań

Before the start of the 2010/2011 season, Kędziora was signed to the then Polish Champions, Lech Poznań.[5] Initially he was a player of the Junior Ekstraklasa Lech team, where in the season 2010/2011 he played 20 matches and scored two goals. In the fall of the 2011/2012 season, he was placed in the first team,[6] but continued to perform only in the Junior Ekstraklasa, having 20 appearances and scoring seven goals (including five from penalties).

On September 20, 2011, Kędziora was included in Lech's squad for the 1/16 Polish Cup final against Chrobry Głogów,[7] but he did not play. On June 21, 2012, Kędziora signed a new three-year contract with the Poznań club, which went until June 30, 2015.[8]

Kędziora made his debut for the first team on July 12, 2012 in a 1–1 draw of the first qualifying round of the Europa League with Kazakhstan club FC Zhetysu, entering at the 90th minute for Bartosz Ślusarski.[9][10]

On October 27, 2012, Kędziora made his debut in the Ekstraklasa in the 0–2 defeat against Jagiellonia Białystok in the 9th round, replacing Hubert Wołąkiewicz in the 62nd minute.[11] On September 20, 2013, during the 8th round of the Ekstraklasa with Pogoń Szczecin, he suffered an injury to his thigh muscle[12][13] and returned on December 13 for the 21st match against Zawisza in Bydgoszcz.[14] On May 5, 2014, he scored his first goal in the Polish top-flight in a 2–1 win in the 32nd round against Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[15]

Kędziora signed a new, three-year contract with the Poznan club on November 1, 2015, effective from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2018.[16] In the 2014/2015 season he won the title of Polish Champion with Lech Poznań, performing in 35 matches, scoring 3 goals and having 6 assists.[17][18]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 11 July 2017, Kędziora signed a 4-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.[19]

International career

Kędziora got his first call up to the senior Poland squad for friendlies against Georgia and Greece in June 2015.[20] But he made his debut against Mexico on November 13, 2017.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[21] However, he did not make the final 23.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of 11 September 2020[23]
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lech Poznań 2011–12 Ekstraklasa 00–––00
2012–13 80–1[lower-alpha 1]0–90
2013–14 141–2[lower-alpha 1]1–162
2014–15 353504[lower-alpha 1]1–444
2015–16 240409[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]1382
2016–17 36171–1[lower-alpha 3]0442
Total1175161632115110
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 2214010[lower-alpha 1]0–361
2018–19 2721014[lower-alpha 4]21[lower-alpha 5]0434
2019–20 270308[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 5]0390
2020–21 8000501[lower-alpha 5]0140
Total84380372301325
Career total20082415355128315
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Polish SuperCup
  4. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Lech Poznań

Dynamo Kyiv

References
  1. "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. "Кедзьора Томаш Кароль" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League Official Site. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. "Kędziora: Grać uczyła mnie mama" (in Polish). igol.pl. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. "Trener Kędziora: Nasz brąz trochę ponad stan" (in Polish). zielonagora.sport.pl. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. "Tomasz Kędziora przedłuży kontrakt z Lechem Poznań" (in Polish). sport.onet.pl. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. "Lech Poznań - 2011/12 (runda jesienna)" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. "Tomasz Kędziora dołączył do kadry Lecha" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. "Tomasz Kędziora przedłużył kontrakt z Lechem" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. "Liga Europy 2012/2013 - I runda eliminacyjna - II mecz" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. "First qualifying round, Second leg". uefa.com. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  11. "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa 2012/2013 - Kolejka 9" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. "Kędziora poza grą?" (in Polish). igol.pl. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  13. "Kędziora trenuje indywidualnie" (in Polish). goal.pl. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  14. "Tomasz Kędziora po kontuzji wraca do kadry Lecha Poznań" (in Polish). poznan.sport.pl. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  15. "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa 2013/2014 - Kolejka 32" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  16. "Tomasz Kędziora na dłużej w Lechu" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  17. "STATYSTYKI INDYWIDUALNE" (in Polish). ekstrastats.pl. 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  18. "Asysty T-ME: Stilić, a potem Dzalamidze i Pawłowski" (in Polish). sportowefakty.wp.pl. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  19. "Томаш КЕНДЗЕРА – гравець "Динамо" (Київ)!" (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  20. "Poland June Call-Ups for Georgia and Greece Released". psnfutbol.com. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  21. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  22. https://www.usatoday.com/35685261
  23. "Tomasz Kędziora". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  24. "dynamo wins ukrainian supercup". trollfootball.me. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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