Kacper_Kozłowski_(footballer)
Kacper Kozłowski (footballer)
Polish footballer
Kacper Szymon Kozłowski (born 16 October 2003) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club Vitesse, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.
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Kacper Kozłowski with Vitesse in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kacper Szymon Kozłowski[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Koszalin, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Vitesse (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bałtyk Koszalin | |||
| 2016–2018 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Pogoń Szczecin II | 25 | (5) |
| 2019–2022 | Pogoń Szczecin | 40 | (4) |
| 2022– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Union SG (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Vitesse (loan) | 29 | (2) |
| 2023– | → Vitesse (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Poland U15 | 8 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Poland U17 | 17 | (6) |
| 2020 | Poland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Poland U21 | 13 | (2) |
| 2021 | Poland | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:09, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Kozłowski started his career with Pogoń Szczecin. In January 2022, he transferred to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion where he was immediately loaned to Brighton's sister club Union SG of Belgian First Division A for the rest of the season.[3][4]
In August 2022, Kozłowski joined Vitesse in the Netherlands on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5]
On 18 July 2023, he rejoined Vitesse on another season-long loan spell.[6]
In June 2021, Kozłowski featured for Poland at UEFA Euro 2020 in a 1–1 draw with Spain, to become the youngest player of any nationality to play at a European Championship, aged 17 years and 246 days, breaking the previous record of Jude Bellingham, who himself had broken the same record only six days prior.[7]
Kozłowski was named in the provisional squad for Poland for the 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign, but he was not included in the final 26-man squad.
On 10 January 2020, Kozłowski suffered a traffic accident that almost ended his football career.[8]
Club
- As of 10 February 2024
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pogoń Szczecin II | 2018–19[9] | III liga | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20[10] | III liga | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 2020–21[11] | III liga | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||||||
| Pogoń Szczecin | 2018–19[9] | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20[10] | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21[11] | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22[12] | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 4 | ||||
| Union SG (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Vitesse (loan) | 2022–23[13] | Eredivisie | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24[14] | Eredivisie | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 56 | 3 | |||||
| Career total | 126 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 12 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of 21 November 2021
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | |||
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Month: December 2020[15]
- "Updated squad lists for 2021/22 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- "Kacper Kozłowski: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- "Kacper Kozłowski zawodnikiem Brighton". 90 minut. 5 January 2022.
- "Kacper Kozlowski: Poland midfielder signs for Brighton but teenager goes straight out on loan". BBC Sport. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- "VITESSE HEET MET KACPER KOZLOWSKI JONGSTE EK-SPELER OOIT WELKOM" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Vitesse en Kacper Kozlowski geven geslaagd seizoen vervolg" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 18 July 2023.
- "Poland duo make history against Spain to take Euro 2020 Group E to an exciting final day". Squawka. 19 June 2021.
- Barker, Gabby (22 June 2021). "A traffic accident almost removed the youngest from the European Championship". Sports Finding. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- "Sezon 2018/19" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Sezon 2019/20" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Sezon 2020/21" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Sezon 2021/22" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Games played by Kacper Kozłowski in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "Games played by Kacper Kozłowski in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- "Młodzieżowiec Grudnia PKO Banku Polskiego 2020: Kacper Kozłowski" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- Kacper Kozłowski at Soccerway
- Kacper Kozłowski at WorldFootball.net
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