Dawid Janczyk (; born 23 September 1987) is a Polish

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who plays as a striker for Sadownik Waganiec.

Career

Janczyk began his career at

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 ...

. In 2005, he 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 ...

in the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

. On 12 July 2007 he signed a 5-year contract with

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

, having impressed the club's scout at the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

. He scored his first goal for the Russian side on 8 August 2007 in a Russian Cup win against

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(2–0). His first league goal came on 2 September 2007 to earn a 1–1 tie against

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

. On 23 October 2007 he made his first appearance in the

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, coming on in the 76th minute of the 1–2 loss against

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

. He won the 2007–08 Russian Cup with CSKA, converting his penalty during the penalty shootout. As of January 2009, all of his appearances in the Russian league have been off the bench. In January 2009, he joined

KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...

on loan until the end of the season. He scored on his debut for Lokeren on 14 February, leading to a 2–1 win against

K.S.V. Roeselare Koninklijke Sport Vereniging Roeselare, abbreviated to KSV Roeselare (),''V.'' in isolation: ., also known in French as KSV Roulers, was a Belgian football club from the city of Roeselare in West Flanders. Its matricule was 134. It last played ...

. In March 2009, the loan was extended until the end of the 2009–2010 season, with CSKA Moscow having the right to recall Janczyk during the winter. In January 2010, he joined

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

on loan until June 2011 with a buy option. In November 2010, he and Germinal agreed by mutual consent to end his loan agreement early, the manager having given him no playing time in the 2010–11 season. With

's consent, he began training at

. In February 2012, he played in a trial game for Irish side

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and scored a goal. In 2018, he joined the amateur club, Weszło Warsaw. In October 2018, he joined

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and played until 19 April 2019. After a spell at MKS Ciechanów from February to July 2020, Janczyk moved to Polish amateur club LZS Piotrówka.

International

He has also represented

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at the junior level, scoring a hat trick against Belgium at the 2006 UEFA U-19 Championship. At the

, he notched 3 goals in 4 games. Argentina had not conceded any goals in the tournament until Janczyk finally scored against them in the second round. In April 2008 Polish national team coach Leo Beenhakker named Janczyk in a preliminary group of 31 players for

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. However, Janczyk did not make the cut when the group was reduced to the final squad of 23. He made his first appearance for the Polish national team during a friendly against Serbia in December 2008.

Personal life

Janczyk and fiancée, Dominika, have a daughter, Wiktoria, born in 2010.

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

: 2005–06 CSKA Moscow * Russian Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09

References

External links

*
Dawid Janczyk's national team stats
on the website of the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( pl, Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej; PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the Ekstraklasa), the Polish Cup and the Polish national footb ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Janczyk, Dawid 1987 births Living people Association football forwards Sportspeople from Nowy Sącz Polish footballers Poland youth international footballers Poland under-21 international footballers Poland international footballers Polish expatriate footballers Legia Warsaw players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players Korona Kielce players PFC CSKA Moscow players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Beerschot A.C. players FC Oleksandriya players Piast Gliwice players KTS Weszło Warsaw players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Belgian Pro League players Russian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany