Dawid Kownacki

Dawid Kownacki
Kownacki in 2014
Personal information
Full name Dawid Igor Kownacki[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997
Place of birth Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sampdoria
Number 99
Youth career
GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
2005–2013 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Lech Poznań 94 (21)
2017– Sampdoria 25 (6)
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– Poland U21 14 (10)
2018– Poland 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018

Dawid Igor Kownacki (['david kɔvˈnat͡ski] ( listen); born 14 March 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sampdoria and the Polish national team.

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

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]

International career

Kownacki got his first call up to the senior Poland squad for matches against Georgia and Greece in June 2015.[5] Kownacki represented Poland at Under-16, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level, winning 33 caps and scoring 25 goals.[6]

In May 2018 he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 September 2018[8]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lech Poznań 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 132–––132
2014–15 3045231–387
2015–16 246405110347
2016–17 27952–003211
Total9421144821011727
Sampdoria 2017–18 Serie A 22523––248
2018–19 3110––41
Total256330000289
Career total 11727177821014536

1 Including Polish SuperCup.

International

As of 24 June 2018[9]
Poland
YearAppsGoals
201841
Total41

International goals

As of match played on 12 June 2018. Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 June 2018Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Lithuania3–04–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Lech Poznań

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/under21/news/newsid=2451783.html
  3. ↑ "Kownacki è un calciatore della Sampdoria, arriva dal Lech Poznań" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Coppa: Kownacki seals Samp rout". Football Italia. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Poland June Call-Ups for Georgia and Greece Released". psnfutbol.com. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. ↑ http://eurofootballrumours.com/hamburger-enter-talks-sampdoria-dawid-kownacki-7091/
  7. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  8. ↑ "Dawid Kownacki". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Kownacki, Dawid". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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