Carl Oscar Johan Lewicki (, ; born 14 July 1992) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for the

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club

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. Born in

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, Lewicki started off his career with Malmö FF before joining FC Bayern Munich's youth organization in 2008. In 2011, Lewicki returned to his native Sweden to play for

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. In 2015, he rejoined his boyhood club Malmö FF with which he has won the

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, and

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titles. A full international since 2014, Lewicki has won 15

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for the Sweden national team and was a squad player for his country at

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Club career

Bayern Munich

Lewicki joined

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from his native

in 2008 and settled into their youth setup. He was first involved with Bayern's reserve team towards the end of the 2009–10 season appearing as an unused substitute in a number of matches as the season drew to a close. He made his debut at the beginning of the following season in a 4–1 defeat against

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and made 33 appearances as the club got relegated from the 3. Liga. He was offered a pro-contract at the first team but declined. In June 2011 he became a free agent.

BK Häcken

Despite of FC Bayern Munich's efforts of wanting to re-sign him Lewicki chose to join Swedish side

in August 2011 after having penned a contract lasting through to the year of 2014. The main reason for the switch was due to the presumable lack of first-team football in the near future with the German team. Lewicki spent four seasons at Häcken before leaving the club at the end of his contract in 2014.

Malmö FF

Lewicki's first club

announced that he would return to the club on a three-year contract on 13 November 2014. The transfer went through when the Swedish transfer window opened on 8 January 2015.

International career

After having represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams, Lewicki was a vital part of the Sweden U21 team that won the

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and was selected to the Team of the Tournament. He made his full international debut for

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on 17 January 2014 in a

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against

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. He made his competitive debut for Sweden on 9 October 2015 in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 66th minute. He played in all 180 minutes as Sweden eliminated

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in the

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after winning 4–3 on aggregate in two games. Lewicki was a squad member for Sweden at

and played in two games before Sweden was eliminated in the group stage. After Euro 2016, Lewicki was out of the national team for the

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cycle. Between 2019 and 2021 he was once again selected for the national team on several occasions, but had to withdraw with various injuries.

Personal life

He is the son of Anders Lewicki, who made two Allsvenskan appearances for Malmö FF in 1987.

Career statistics

Club

:''Updated 8 December 2021.''

International

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:''Updated 11 January 2018.''

Honours

Malmö FF *

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: 2021–22 ;Sweden U21 *

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Individual * UEFA European Under-21 Championship - Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

Malmö FF profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewicki, Oscar 1992 births Living people Swedish footballers Swedish people of Polish descent Sweden under-21 international footballers FC Bayern Munich II players BK Häcken players Malmö FF players 3. Liga players Allsvenskan players Swedish expatriates in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Sweden youth international footballers Sweden international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players Footballers from Malmö Association football midfielders Association football defenders