![]() Kacper Kozłowski with Vitesse in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kacper Szymon Kozłowski[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 October 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Koszalin, Poland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gaziantep | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bałtyk Koszalin | |||
2016–2018 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Pogoń Szczecin II | 25 | (5) |
2019–2022 | Pogoń Szczecin | 40 | (4) |
2022–2024 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Union SG (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Vitesse (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2023–2024 | → Vitesse (loan) | 30 | (3) |
2024– | Gaziantep | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017–2018 | Poland U15 | 8 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Poland U17 | 17 | (6) |
2020 | Poland U19 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Poland U21 | 13 | (2) |
2021 | Poland | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:04, 16 August 2024 (UTC) |
Kacper Szymon Kozłowski (born 16 October 2003) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantep.
Club career
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/64Koz%C5%82owski.jpg/225px-64Koz%C5%82owski.jpg)
Kozłowski started his career with Pogoń Szczecin. In January 2022, he transferred to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion where he was immediately loaned to Brighton's sister club Union SG of Belgian First Division A for the rest of the season.[3][4]
In August 2022, Kozłowski joined Vitesse in the Netherlands on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5]
On 18 July 2023, he rejoined Vitesse on another season-long loan spell.[6]
On 19 July 2024, Kozłowski left Brighton permanently to join Turkish club Gaziantep for an undisclosed fee.[7]
International career
[edit]In June 2021, Kozłowski featured for Poland at UEFA Euro 2020 in a 1–1 draw with Spain, to become the youngest player of any nationality to play at a European Championship, aged 17 years and 246 days, breaking the previous record of Jude Bellingham, who himself had broken the same record only six days prior.[8] He kept the record until 2024, when Lamine Yamal debuted at the European Championship at 16 years and 338 days.[9]
Kozłowski was named in the provisional squad for Poland for the 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign,[10] but he was not included in the final 26-man squad.[11]
Personal life
[edit]On 10 January 2020, Kozłowski suffered a traffic accident that almost ended his football career.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 19 May 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pogoń Szczecin II | 2018–19[13] | III liga | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
2019–20[14] | III liga | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||||
2020–21[15] | III liga | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||||
Total | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||||||
Pogoń Szczecin | 2018–19[13] | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2019–20[14] | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
2020–21[15] | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
2021–22[16] | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
Total | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 4 | ||||
Union SG (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Vitesse (loan) | 2022–23[17] | Eredivisie | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | |||
2023–24[18] | Eredivisie | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
Total | 59 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 63 | 5 | |||||
Career total | 133 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 14 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of 21 November 2021
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Poland | |||
2021 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Polish Newcomer of the Year: 2021[19]
- Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Month: December 2020[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Updated squad lists for 2021/22 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Kacper Kozłowski: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Kacper Kozłowski zawodnikiem Brighton". 90 minut. 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Kacper Kozlowski: Poland midfielder signs for Brighton but teenager goes straight out on loan". BBC Sport. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "VITESSE HEET MET KACPER KOZLOWSKI JONGSTE EK-SPELER OOIT WELKOM" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Vitesse en Kacper Kozlowski geven geslaagd seizoen vervolg" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 18 July 2023.
- ^ Karaszewski, Artur (19 July 2024). "Oficjalnie: Kacper Kozłowski ma nowy klub. Definitywnie odszedł z Brighton". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Poland duo make history against Spain to take Euro 2020 Group E to an exciting final day". Squawka. 19 June 2021.
- ^ Pellizzeri, Teo (15 June 2024). "Prodigy Lamine Yamal breaks record as youngest ever UEFA EURO player". Optus Sport.
- ^ "Znamy szeroką kadrę reprezentacji Polski na mundial w Katarze!" [We know the extended squad of the Polish national team for the World Cup in Qatar!] (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Czesław Michniewicz ogłosił kadrę na mundial w Katarze" [Czesław Michniewicz has announced the team for the World Cup in Qatar] (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Barker, Gabby (22 June 2021). "A traffic accident almost removed the youngest from the European Championship". Sports Finding. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Sezon 2018/19" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Sezon 2019/20" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Sezon 2020/21" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Sezon 2021/22" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Kacper Kozłowski in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Kacper Kozłowski in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Robert Lewandowski piłkarzem 2021 roku! Wyniki plebiscytu tygodnika "Piłka Nożna"". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Młodzieżowiec Grudnia PKO Banku Polskiego 2020: Kacper Kozłowski" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Kacper Kozłowski at Soccerway
- Kacper Kozłowski at WorldFootball.net