Tomasz Jodłowiec (; born 8 September 1985) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football. History The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, although it can trace i ...

Club career

Jodłowiec was born in

Żywiec Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.It is the capital of Ż ...

. He debuted 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 ...

in July 2006 for

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1922. Its lo ...

. In 2008, he moved to the Polish capital after Dyskobolia merged with

Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw ( pl, Polonia Warszawa, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing Varsovian sports club, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contract ...

. Jodłowiec was closely monitored by

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club

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in January 2009 but turned down a transfer for family reasons. On 19 February 2013 Tomasz signed a three-year contract with Legia Warsaw.

International career

Jodłowiec debuted for the Poland national team on 11 October 2008, coming on as a substitute for Rafal Murawski during the 2010 World Cup qualifier against the

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. On 14 December he played his first entire match against

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. Jodłowiec scored an own goal during an international friendly with

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on 9 June 2011. He appeared at

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, playing in all of Poland games, mostly as a substitute - coming on in late minutes to boost the team's defense.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski *

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. ...

: 2006–07 * Ekstraklasa Cup: 2006–07, 2007-08 Śląsk Wrocław *

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: 2012 Legia Warsaw *

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, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 *

, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 Piast Gliwice *

: 2018–19

References

External links

*
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 ...

* 1985 births Living people People from Żywiec Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Poland men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Widzew Łódź players ŁKS Łódź players Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski players Polonia Warsaw players Śląsk Wrocław players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players Piast Gliwice players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub