Kamil Jan Jóźwiak (born 22 April 1998) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a winger. He began his professional career in his home country with

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

, from whom he joined

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in 2020.

Club career

Jóźwiak debuted for

on 28 February 2016 in 0–2 loss against

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 ...

. He was loaned to

GKS Katowice GKS Katowice (; GKS stands for , ) is a Polish professional football club based in Katowice. They currently compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2024–25 season after gaining promotion from the I liga in 2024. History In 1963 in Katowice a spe ...

in 2017. Jóźwiak signed for

on 16 September 2020. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against

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on 16 December 2020. On 11 March 2022, Jóźwiak signed a three-year deal with

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side

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for an undisclosed transfer fee. On 1 February 2024, he moved back to Europe and joined

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side

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on an eighteen-month deal.

International career

On 19 November 2019, Jóźwiak debuted for the Polish senior squad during a

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match against

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, replacing Sebastian Szymański in the 86th minute. He later started every game in the

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, recording a goal and an assist over six matches. Jóźwiak was named in the final 23-man Polish squad for the rescheduled

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, playing all three matches as a starter until Poland exited the group stage. He registered an assist to

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's second-half goal in a 1–1 draw with

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Lech Poznań *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Lech Poznań II *

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: 2018–19 Individual *

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Young Player of the Month: February 2020

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jozwiak, Kamil 1998 births Living people People from Międzyrzecz Footballers from Lubusz Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Lech Poznań II players Lech Poznań players GKS Katowice players Derby County F.C. players Charlotte FC players Granada CF footballers III liga players I liga players Ekstraklasa players English Football League players Major League Soccer players La Liga players Segunda División players UEFA Euro 2020 players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Designated Players (MLS) 21st-century Polish sportsmen