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

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who plays as a

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for

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club Sparta Kazimierza Wielka.

Club career

Jodłowiec was born in

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. He debuted in the

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in July 2006 for

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1 ...

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

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. Jodłowiec was closely monitored by

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club Napoli FC in January 2009, but turned down a transfer for family reasons. On 19 February 2013, he signed a three-year contract with

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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's 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 Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2006–07 *

Ekstraklasa Cup The Ekstraklasa Cup () was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs that played in the Polish Ekstraklasa. The Ekstraklasa Cup was the fourth attempt at introducing a League Cup competition in Poland. The first such tournament was a on ...

: 2006–07, 2007–08 Śląsk Wrocław *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

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Legia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa:

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

, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 Piast Gliwice * Ekstraklasa: 2018–19 Sparta Kazimierza Wielka *

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: 2024–25

References

External links

*
National team stats
on the website of the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...

* 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 Widzew Łódź players ŁKS Łódź players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski players Polonia Warsaw players Śląsk Wrocław players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players Piast Gliwice players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players IV liga players 21st-century Polish sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub