Damian Kądzior (born 16 June 1992) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...

, on loan from

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

Club career

Kądzior was born in Białystok, Poland, where he joined the

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 ...

youth academy.

Jagiellonia Białystok

Kądzior started playing for the Jagiellonia senior team in 2012, and made three appearances before being loaned out.

Loan to Motor Lublin

Kądzior joined

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on loan on a two-year loan. During his time at Lublin, he scored eight goals in total for the club.

Loan to Dolcan Ząbki

In January 2015, Kądzior joined Dolcan Ząbki on a temporary basis, where he made a total of 33 appearances, scoring eight goals.

Loan to Wigry Suwałki

On 29 February 2016, Kądzior moved on loan to

Wigry Suwałki Wigry Suwałki is a Polish football club based in Suwałki, Podlaskie Voivodeship. In the 2025–26 season, they compete in group I of the III liga. They play their home games at the . Players Current squad Ou ...

until the end of the season. He scored four goals in 14 appearances for the club.

Wigry Suwałki

On 1 July 2016, he joined the club on a free transfer. During his time at the club, he scored a total of 20 goals in 53 appearances.

Górnik Zabrze

On 4 July 2017, he joined

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

. He made his debut on 15 July that year, in a 3–1 win over

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, playing a total of 62 minutes. He scored his first goal on 10 September, in a 2–1 victory over Bruk-Bet Termalica. On 20 October, he scored twice during a 3–3 draw with

Korona Kielce Korona Kielce (, Korona – ''Crown'' – symbol of club and city, Kielce – name of city where club is based) is a Polish professional football club based in Kielce, competing in Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season. From 2002 to ...

. His last appearance for the club was in a 2–0 win over

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

Dinamo Zagreb

In the early days of June 2018, several Croatian newspaper websites, such as 24sata, had reported that Kądzior was close to a move to champions

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. On 18 June, the club officially announced that Kądzior, along with several others players, had joined the club, for a reported fee of around €500,000. He was assigned the squad number 92.

SD Eibar

On 29 August 2020, Kądzior agreed to a three-year deal with

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side

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. The club informed about the transfer in its Internet page. The transfer cost €2,000,000 plus the additional bonuses. Eibar was the second club outside of Poland in his career. He debuted in

on 12 October 2020 in a first match of the season with

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, coming off the bench in the 61st minute, replacing Takashi Inui. His first appearance in the starting line-up came in a 1–2 loss to

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on 27 October. After a discussion with the national team coach

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, Kądzior did not attend

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's training camp in November 2020 to stay in Atxabalpe. He recorded his assist for Eibar on 7 January 2021, in a

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win against Las Rozas CF, when in 14th minute of the match he crossed the ball to

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Loan to Alanyaspor

On 19 January 2021, Kądzior moved to

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, on a loan until the end of the season. He successfully underwent medical testing the day before the announcement. He debuted in Alanyaspor two days later, in a

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match against Erzurumspor, he came off the bench in 74th minute, changing Adam Bareiro. Before the match, he went to two training sessions. On 4 March 2021, in his eighth appearance for the club, Kądzior recorded his first assist, when in 53rd minute of the match with Göztepe he had crossed the ball to Georgios Tzavellas, who scored the goal. On 8 March 2021, he suffered an

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injury during a match against

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Piast Gliwice

On 19 July 2021, after completing a medical,

announced the signing of Kądzior on a three-year deal. He debuted in Piast on 25 July 2021 in a 2–3 loss to

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, when in the 80th minute he came off the bench, replacing Dominik Steczyk. He scored his first goal in Piast on 29 September 2021, in the first round of

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, in the match with

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. That goal was scored from a

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. A year later, his contract with Piast was prolonged to the end of June 2025. On 19 March 2023, he sustained an ankle injury while training before the match with

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. A few days later, he underwent

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and was unable to play for the remainder of the season.

Loan to Stal Mielec

On 14 February 2025, Kądzior moved to fellow Ekstraklasa side

on loan for the remainder of the season.

International career

In May 2018, Kądzior was named in the Poland national team's preliminary 35-man squad for the

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, hosted in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23-man squad. He made his debut for his country on 11 September 2018 in a friendly against

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. His first goal for Poland came on 10 June, against

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during the UEFA 2020 Qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb * Croatian First League: 2018–19, 2019–20 * Croatian Super Cup:

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Individual * I liga Player of the Year: 2016 * Dinamo Zagreb Player of the Year: 2020

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadzior, Damian 1992 births Living people Footballers from Białystok Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Croatian Football League players La Liga players Süper Lig players Jagiellonia Białystok players Motor Lublin players Ząbkovia Ząbki players Wigry Suwałki players Górnik Zabrze players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players SD Eibar footballers Alanyaspor footballers Piast Gliwice players Stal Mielec players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Polish sportsmen