Damian Zbozień (born 25 April 1989) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a right-back for

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. Besides Poland, he has played in Russia.

Club career

Born in

Limanowa Limanowa (german: Ilmenau, yi, לימינוב ''Liminuv'') is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County and had a population of 15,132 in 2012. History Mentions of the town date bac ...

, Zbozień began his career as a youth player for Zyndram Łącko. Then he played for two years in

Sandecja Nowy Sącz Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish football club formed in 1910. In the 2016–17 season, Sandecja won I liga, which promoted the club to the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland's highest professional football league, for the first time in the club's histor ...

youth teams. In 2007 Zbozień joined

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

and on 30 July 2007 he made his

Młoda Ekstraklasa Młoda Ekstraklasa (, official abbreviation MESA or (rarely) literally in English: The Young Ekstraklasa) was a Polish youth football league composed of the top youth teams of the 16 Ekstraklasa sides. The games were organized with the aim of en ...

debut in a 3–1 loss to Cracovia. Three months later, on 4 December 2007 he made his debut for Legia first team in a 2–0 victory over ŁKS Łódź in

Ekstraklasa Cup The Ekstraklasa Cup ( pl, Puchar Ekstraklasy) was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs who play in the Polish 1st Division Ekstraklasa. The Ekstraklasa Cup was the fourth attempt at introducing a League Cup competition in Poland. T ...

. On 7 April 2008 Zbozień scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory over GKS Bełchatów in Młoda Ekstraklasa. He ended the 2007–08 season with 27 appearances in that competition and one in Ekstraklasa Cup. On 27 August 2008 Zbozień played for Legia reserves in a 0–3 loss to Motor Lublin and he ended the 2008–09 season with 28 appearances and four goals in Młoda Ekstraklasa. He also appeared in one match in Ekstraklasa Cup. In March 2010, he moved to

. In February 2014 he joined the Russian side FC Amkar Perm, where he met the fellow countryman

Janusz Gol Janusz Gol (born 11 November 1985) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for I liga club Arka Gdynia. Career Club Having begun his playing career with local side Polonia Świdnica, Gol moved to GKS Bełchatów dur ...

. However, Zbozień only played six league games before being loaned to GKS Bełchatów. Quickly returning to the Ekstraklasa with Zagłębie Lubin in 2015 and Arka Gdynia, Zbozień won the Polish Cup with Arka in 2017, remaining on the bench throughout as Arka beat Lech Poznan 2-1 at the

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. When Arka were relegated in 2020 during a season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, Zbozień joined one of the clubs that finished just above the relegation zone,

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national foot ...

. On 5 August 2022, he left Wisła to join I liga side

on a two-year contract.

Honours

Club

;Arka Gdynia * Polish Cup: 2016–17 *

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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* * 1989 births Living people People from Limanowa Footballers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Legia Warsaw players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players GKS Bełchatów players Piast Gliwice players Zagłębie Lubin players Arka Gdynia players FC Amkar Perm players Wisła Płock players GKS Górnik Łęczna players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Russian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Poland-footy-defender-stub