Dariusz Dudka (; born 9 December 1983) is a retired Polish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He played as a

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or full-back and also as a centre-back. He is currently an assistant coach of

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 ...

club Lech Poznań.

Club career

Born in

Kostrzyn nad Odrą Kostrzyn nad Odrą (literally Kostrzyn upon Oder) (; german: Küstrin ) is a town in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, close to the border with Germany. Geography The town is situated within the historic Lubusz Land (''Ziemia ...

, Dudka began his career at hometown club Celuloza Kostrzyn, before moving to

Amica Wronki Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. The club was invariably linked to Amica, a manufacturer of white goods, predominantly stoves, which gave the club its nickname. The company's increasing profits gave the new te ...

. He made his debut for Amica Wronki in the

on 4 April 2000. In 2005, he moved to

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. ...

, where he made 77 league appearances. In June 2008, he joined Ligue 1 side

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. After four seasons he moved to Levante on a free transfer. After a trial, Dudka signed a two-month contract with English

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club

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on 31 October 2013. He made two appearances, the last on 7 December, was reportedly surprised at the pace of the game in the Championship, and left the club when his contract expired.

International career

Dudka represented

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

Euro 2008 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of Europea ...

and

Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...

Career statistics

Club

¹ Including

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

International goals

Honours

Club

;Amica Wronki *

: 2000 ;Wisła Kraków *

: 2007–08 ;Lech Poznań *

: 2015,

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National team stats
at pzpn.pl 1983 births Living people People from Kostrzyn nad Odrą Polish footballers Association football midfielders Poland international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players UEFA Euro 2012 players Amica Wronki players Wisła Kraków players AJ Auxerre players Levante UD footballers Birmingham City F.C. players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Ekstraklasa players Ligue 1 players La Liga players English Football League players III liga players Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in England Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship Association football defenders {{poland-footy-midfielder-stub