Paweł Bochniewicz (born 30 January 1996) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Poland national team.

Club career

Bochniewicz started his career in his hometown club,

Wisłoka Dębica Wisłoka Dębica () is one of the oldest existing sports clubs in Poland, founded in 1908 by a group of Dębica's high school students. The name comes from the River Wisłoka, which flows by the town of Dębica (south-east Poland, 110 kilometers ...

. In 2010, he joined the youth team of

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 ...

. Two years later, his talent was spotted by

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scouts and he moved to Italy. On 22 March 2014, he made his senior debut in

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, coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute against

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. On 6 June 2014, he joined

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club

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

. On 20 January 2018, Bochniewicz joined

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

club

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 ...

on loan, later signing for them permanently in July 2019. On 10 September 2020, he joined

club

on a three-year contract. He started in the first match of the season on 12 September 2020 against Willem II, in which he also scored in a 2–0 victory.

International career

On 7 October 2020, Bochniewicz made his international debut in

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against

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and was replaced by Sebastian Walukiewicz. On 29 May 2024, he was named in coach Michał Probierz's 29-man preliminary squad for

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, but was not included in the final roster.

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* * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Dębica Footballers from Subcarpathian Voivodeship Men's association football defenders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers AS Reggina 1914 players Udinese Calcio players Club Recreativo Granada players Górnik Zabrze players SC Heerenveen players Ekstraklasa players Serie B players Segunda División B players Eredivisie players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1990s-stub