Oskar Zawada (born 1 February 1996) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

Club career

Zawada started his career at his local club, DKS Dobre Miasto. Later he moved to

OKS 1945 Olsztyn Stomil Olsztyn is a Polish Association football, football club based in Olsztyn. It was founded on 15 July 1945 as OKS Warmiak. The brightest era of this club was the 1990s when it played in the Polish First League. Between 2004 and 2012 the tea ...

. In 2012, he joined German club

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

, aged 16. Two years later he made his senior debut for the reserve team. In January 2016, he joined Dutch club

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...

on a loan. On 26 January 2017, he was identified as surplus to requirements at VfL Wolfsburg and was sold to

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side

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

for an undisclosed fee. In December 2017, it was announced that Zawada would join Polish

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 ...

club

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 ...

for the second half of the 2017–18 season. In October 2020, he joined the Polish Ekstraklasa club

Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of na ...

. In March 2022, following a short-lived stint at Korean side

Jeju United Jeju United Football Club (Hangul: 제주 유나이티드) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeju Province that competes in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the ''Yukon ...

, he joined Polish club

Stal Mielec Stal Mielec () is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's Ekstraklasa, winning the title twice (in 1973 and 1976) but had under ...

until the end of June. In August 2022, he joined

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Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

(a New Zealand-based side) on a two-year contract. Zawada enjoyed his most successful season to date during the 2022–23 campaign, scoring a career-high 15 goals for the club. He followed it up with 7 goals in 14 league games in the 2023–24 season, during which Zawada saw limited playing time due to injuries. On 4 July 2024, Zawada returned to Dutch football by joining

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club

on a two-year deal.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Raków Częstochowa *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

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Individual * A-League Men Player of the Month: January 2023 *

Player of the Year:

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

* Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year: 2022–23

References

External links

*
Profile on Voetbal International
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zawada, Oskar 1996 births Living people Footballers from Olsztyn Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players FC Twente players Karlsruher SC players Wisła Płock players Arka Gdynia players Raków Częstochowa players Jeju United FC players Stal Mielec players Wellington Phoenix FC players RKC Waalwijk players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Eredivisie players Ekstraklasa players K League 1 players A-League Men players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Polish expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand