Kamil Kosowski

Kamil Kosowski
Personal information
Full name Kamil Kosowski
Date of birth (1977-08-30) 30 August 1977
Place of birth Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1991 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
1991–1996 Gwarek Zabrze
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Górnik Zabrze 64 (1)
1999–2008 Wisła Kraków 115 (13)
2003–2005 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 43 (1)
2005–2006 → Southampton (loan) 18 (1)
2006–2007 → Chievo (loan) 23 (0)
2008 Cádiz 17 (0)
2008–2010 APOEL 44 (5)
2010–2011 Apollon Limassol 17 (1)
2011–2013 GKS Bełchatów 33 (1)
2013 Wisła Kraków 10 (0)
Total 384 (23)
National team
1998–1999 Poland U-21 15 (0)
2001–2009 Poland 52 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kamil Kosowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkamil kɔˈsɔfski], born 30 August 1977 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) is a Polish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

He started out playing for his home town club KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

Wisła Kraków and loans

Kosowski became renowned in Poland after his performances for Wisła Kraków in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup matches.

He moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in Germany in 2003 and then on to Southampton FC where he played the 2005–06 season on a year-long loan and was recalled to the Polish national team. He scored once in the league for Southampton, in a 1–1 draw with Hull City.[1]

After being on loan at A.C. Chievo Verona, Kosowski returned to Wisła Kraków and played very well for the first half of the season as the player with most assists in the first half of the league campaign after setting up nine goals in 13 games. However on 14 January 2008, Wisła Kraków and Kosowski mutually voided the remainder of his contract as a result of not coming to a compromise on a new deal.

Cádiz CF

Kosowski signed a two and a half year contract with Spanish second division team Cádiz CF on 25 January 2008. Cadiz finished 20th in Segunda Division (2007–08) and were relegated to Segunda Division B.

APOEL Nicosia

Kosowski playing for APOEL in a UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea

On 7 July 2008, he was transferred to APOEL from Cádiz CF and signed a two-year contract. In his first official appearance with APOEL, Kosowski scored the only goal in the Super Cup match against Anorthosis and APOEL won the title. In his first year in the club, he helped APOEL to win the Cyprus Championship 2008–09, showing his class and was one of the most valuable players of the club.[2] The next season, he won the Super Cup again and he also appeared in five official group stage matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with APOEL. He stated that his participation with APOEL in the UEFA Champions League was one of the most important moments in his career.

Apollon Limassol

On 31 May 2010, he signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol but at the end of the season his contract was mutually terminated.

GKS Bełchatów

In July 2011, he joined GKS Bełchatów on a one-year contract.[3]

International career

Kosowski was capped 52 times for Poland, scoring four goals.

He was selected to the 23-men national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany, but he played only about fifteen minutes against Ecuador.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 April 2003Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland San Marino5–0WinUEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2.16 November 2003Płock, Poland Serbia and Montenegro4–3WinFriendly
3.26 March 2005Warsaw, Poland Azerbaijan8–0Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
4.3 September 2005Chorzów, Poland Austria3–2Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

References

  1. ↑ "Hull 1–1 Southampton". BBC Sport. 22 November 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Video: Kamil Kosowski skill in action 2008–09" (in Greek).
  3. ↑ "Kamil Kosowski oficjalnie w Bełchatowie" (in Polish). gksbelchatow.com. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011.
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