Adam Dźwigała (born 25 September 1995) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He is the son of former footballer

Dariusz Dźwigała Dariusz Bogusław Dźwigała (born 22 March 1969) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. His son Adam Dźwigała is also a professional footballer who plays for FC St. Pauli. Having started his career at Drukarz Warsaw, he ...

Club career

Dźwigała played for KS Wesoła, Mazur Karczew and Łódzki KS in his youth, before moving to

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish professional football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the 42nd Infantry Regiment Reserve Battalion in Bi ...

in 2012. He made his professional debut for Białystok's first team in the

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on 29 September 2012 in a 1–1 draw against

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. He scored his first goal on 3 March 2013 in a 2–1 win against

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and became the youngest goalscorer for Jagiellonia Białystok ever. Prior to the 2014–15 season, Dźwigała moved to

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. For the 2015–16 season, he was loaned out to

, where he played eight league games. For the 2016–17 season, he was loaned out to

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. In summer 2017, he moved to

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. They will compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season after wi ...

on a permanent deal. In July 2019, he moved to Portugal and signed a contract with Portuguese first division club

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. After appearing in 16 league games there, he left the club in the summer of 2020. He joined 2. Bundesliga club

as a

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in December 2020 after trialling with the club. He played his first match for St. Pauli on 3 January 2021 against Greuther Fürth. In the 2023–24 season, he won the 2. Bundesliga title and was promoted to the

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with the club.

International career

Between 2012 and 2015, Dźwigała represented Poland at the youth levels. In August 2018, Dźwigała was called up for the Poland national team for two matches against

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and

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, but did not make an appearance in either game.

Career statistics

Honours

FC St. Pauli * 2. Bundesliga: 2023–24

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzwigala, Adam 1995 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Polish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Ekstraklasa players III liga players Primeira Liga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players ŁKS Łódź players Jagiellonia Białystok players Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Górnik Zabrze players GKS Górnik Łęczna players Wisła Płock players C.D. Aves players FC St. Pauli players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Polish sportsmen