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.

Dawid Kownacki

Kownacki in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Dawid Igor Kownacki[1]
Date of birth	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997[1]
Place of birth	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing 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)
* 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		Other^1		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

As of 9 September 2019[11]

Poland
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	4	1
2019	2	0
Total	6	1

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

Honours

Lech Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 2014–15
• Polish SuperCup: 2015, 2016

References

1. "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.
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. "UFFICIALE: Samp, Kownacki al Fortuna Dusseldorf. C'è il controriscatto" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
6. "KOWNACKI JOINS FORTUNA DUSSELDORF ON LOAN WITH OBLIGATION TO BUY" (Press release). Sampdoria. 30 June 2019.
7. "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.
8. http://eurofootballrumours.com/hamburger-enter-talks-sampdoria-dawid-kownacki-7091/
9. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
10. "Dawid Kownacki". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
11. "Kownacki, Dawid". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

External links

• Dawid Kownacki at Soccerway
• Dawid Kownacki at 90minut.pl (in Polish)