Jakub Świerczok (; born 28 December 1992) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

Club career

Born in

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bie ...

, Świerczok began his career at

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two List of Polish football champions, championships, in 1954 Ekstraklasa, 1954 and 1962 Ekstraklasa, 1962. As of the 2025–26 I liga, 2025–26 season, th ...

. After scoring 12 goals in 18 matches in the

, he joined

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club

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

on a three-and-a-half-year contract in January 2012. On 16 June 2017, Świerczok signed a contract with

Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa. History The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by lo ...

. He was a member of Zagłębie's squad for half season, scoring 17 goals in 25 games in all competition.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 19 January 2018, Świerczok completed a move to Bulgarian club

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for €1 million on a long-term contract. He made his debut for the team on 15 February 2018 in a Europa League Round of 32 match against Italian grand

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. At the end of the week he completed his First League debut against

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

. His debut goal came on 23 March 2018 in a league match against Etar. On 6 April 2018, coming as a substitute, he helped his team to take the title derby against

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by scoring 2 goals for the 3–2 win.

Nagoya Grampus

On 20 July 2021,

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announced the signing of Świerczok from

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

. In December 2021, Świerczok was suspended from football activities after testing positive for a banned substance in a doping test conducted after a match against

Pohang Steelers The Pohang Steelers (Hangul: 포항 스틸러스) are a South Korean professional Association football, football club based in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province that compete in the K League 1, the top flight of Football in South Korea, South Ko ...

, for the

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. On 28 October 2022, Nagoya Grampus released a public statement, communicating the punishment issued by the AFC would be a 4-year ban for the player on all football-related activities, counting from 9 December 2021, where a provisional ban was issued against him.

Return to Zagłębie

In early February 2023, following an appeal, the

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overturned Świerczok's ban and cleared him of any wrongdoing. Shortly after, on 10 February 2023, he returned to Zagłębie Lubin on a deal until the end of the season, with a one-year extension option. On 30 May, it was announced he would leave the club at the end of June.

Omiya Ardija

On 6 July 2023, Świerczok returned to Japanese football after signing with

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side

Omiya Ardija is a Japanese professional association football club based in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Ōmiya, Saitama Prefecture. Its "hometown" (as designated by the league) is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. The team currently play in J2 League, the ...

. On 30 September, in a match against

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, he left the pitch after 24 minutes after suffering a lateral collateral ligament tear in his right knee. Despite Omiya suffering relegation to

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at the end of the 2023 season, Świerczok extended his contract for another year.

Śląsk Wrocław

On 17 September 2024, Świerczok joined Polish top-flight club

for the remainder of the season. On 6 February 2025, Świerczok tore his right ACL during practice, prematurely ending his season.

International career

Świerczok's first experience of international football came in 2011 with Poland U20. In 2012, he made three appearances for the Poland U21. On 3 November 2017, Świerczok was called up to the Poland senior team for the first time, for their friendlies with

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and

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. He made his debut on 10 November against Uruguay, replacing

Kamil Wilczek Kamil Antoni Wilczek (Polish pronunciation: ; born 14 January 1988) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Wilczek played for Carpi in 2015, before making the move to the danish club Brøndby IF half a year later i ...

for the final 23 minutes.

Personal life

In March 2020, Świerczok and his girlfriend helped out a 73-year-old woman who had fainted near her home in

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, by moving her away from the road and calling the medical emergency services.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Świerczok goal.''

Honours

Ludogorets * Bulgarian League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Nagoya Grampus * J.League Cup:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual *Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: December 2017, November 2020, December 2020, April 2021, May 2021

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