Tomasz Kędziora
Kędziora with Dynamo Kyiv in 2018
Personal information
Full name Tomasz Karol Kędziora[1]
Date of birth (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994
Place of birth Sulechów, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back / Right-back
Team information
Current team
 PAOK
(on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2010 UKP Zielona Góra
2010–2012 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Lech Poznań 117 (5)
2017– Dynamo Kyiv 125 (5)
2022 → Lech Poznań (loan) 6 (1)
2023– → PAOK (loan) 16 (1)
International career‡
2009–2011 Poland U17 7 (0)
2011–2012 Poland U18 5 (1)
2012–2013 Poland U19 12 (4)
2014–2015 Poland U20 4 (0)
2015–2017 Poland U21 17 (0)
2017– Poland 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Tomasz Karol Kędziora (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈkarɔl kɛnˈd͡ʑɔra]; born 11 June 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club PAOK, on loan from Dynamo Kyiv. He also plays for the Poland national team.

Club career

Early career

At the age of four, Tomasz Karol[3] Kędziora started attending the youth academy of the UKP Zielona Góra. He was being trained at the time by his father, Mirosław.[4] In 2000 he officially started training with players his age.

In July 2010, he took part as an UKP Zielona Góra player in the final tournament of the Polish Junior Championships. The team won the bronze medal, coached by Tomasz Kędziora's father.[5]

Lech Poznań

Before the start of the 2010–11 season, Kędziora signed for reigning Polish champions Lech Poznań.[6] Initially he was a player of the Junior Ekstraklasa Lech team, where in the 2010–11 season he played 20 matches and scored two goals. In the fall of the 2011–12 season, he was placed in the first team,[7] but continued to perform only in the Junior Ekstraklasa, having 20 appearances and scoring seven goals (including five from penalties).

On 20 September 2011, Kędziora was included in Lech's squad for the 1/16 Polish Cup final against Chrobry Głogów,[8] but he did not play. On 21 June 2012, Kędziora signed a new three-year contract with the Poznań club, which went until 30 June 2015.[9]

Kędziora made his debut for the first team on 12 July 2012 in a 1–1 draw of the first qualifying round of the Europa League with Kazakhstan club FC Zhetysu, entering at the 90th minute for Bartosz Ślusarski.[10][11]

On 27 October 2012, Kędziora made his debut in the Ekstraklasa in the 2–0 defeat against Jagiellonia Białystok in the 9th round, replacing Hubert Wołąkiewicz in the 62nd minute.[12] On 20 September 2013, during the 8th round of the Ekstraklasa with Pogoń Szczecin, he suffered an injury to his thigh muscle[13][14] and returned on 13 December for the 21st match against Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[15] On 5 May 2014, he scored his first goal in the Polish top-flight in a 2–1 win in the 32nd round against Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[16]

Kędziora signed a new, three-year contract with the Poznań club on 1 November 2015, effective from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2018.[17] In the 2014–15 season, he won the Polish title with the team, appearing in 35 matches, scoring three goals and having six assists.[18][19]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 11 July 2017, Kędziora signed a 4-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.[20]

Return to Lech Poznań

On 7 March 2022, FIFA announced that, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine are suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022, and the transfer window is reopened for such players to sign and get registered for the new club until 7 April 2022.[21] On 17 March 2022, Kędziora returned to Lech Poznań until the end of the season under that condition.[22]

Loan to PAOK

On 29 January 2023, Kędziora joined with Greek club PAOK on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.[23]

International career

Kędziora got his first call up to the senior Poland squad for friendlies against Georgia and Greece in June 2015.[24] But he made his debut against Mexico on 13 November 2017.

In May 2018, he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[25] However, he did not make the final 23.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 May 2023[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 80001[lower-alpha 2]0—90
2013–14 Ekstraklasa 141002[lower-alpha 2]1—162
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 353504[lower-alpha 2]1—444
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 240409[lower-alpha 3]11[lower-alpha 4]1382
2016–17 Ekstraklasa 36171—1[lower-alpha 4]0442
Total 11751611632115110
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 2214010[lower-alpha 2]0–361
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 2721014[lower-alpha 5]21[lower-alpha 6]0434
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 270308[lower-alpha 7]01[lower-alpha 6]0390
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 2511013[lower-alpha 8]01[lower-alpha 6]0401
2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 151105[lower-alpha 9]01[lower-alpha 6]0221
2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 90009[lower-alpha 10]000180
Total 1255100592401987
Lech Poznań (loan) 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 6110——71
PAOK (loan) 2022–23 Super League Greece 8120——101
2023–24 80009[lower-alpha 11]1—171
Total 91205000272
Career total 256122917556136619
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Greek Football Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  5. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  7. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League
  10. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  11. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 20 June 2023[28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 201710
201860
201990
202050
202151
202320
Total281
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kędziora goal.
List of international goals scored by Tomasz Kędziora
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 October 2021Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa, Poland San Marino3–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Lech Poznań

Dynamo Kyiv

References

  1. ↑ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora". Ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Кедзьора Томаш Кароль" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League Official Site. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kędziora: Grać uczyła mnie mama". Igol.pl (in Polish). 30 December 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Trener Kędziora: Nasz brąz trochę ponad stan". Zielonagora.sport.pl (in Polish). 13 July 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora przedłuży kontrakt z Lechem Poznań". Sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lech Poznań - 2011/12 (runda jesienna)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora dołączył do kadry Lecha". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 20 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora przedłużył kontrakt z Lechem". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 21 June 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Liga Europy 2012/2013 - I runda eliminacyjna - II mecz". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "First qualifying round, Second leg". Uefa.com. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa 2012/2013 - Kolejka 9". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Kędziora poza grą?". Igol.pl (in Polish). 22 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Kędziora trenuje indywidualnie". Goal.pl (in Polish). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora po kontuzji wraca do kadry Lecha Poznań". Poznan.sport.pl (in Polish). 13 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa 2013/2014 - Kolejka 32". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora na dłużej w Lechu". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 21 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "STATYSTYKI INDYWIDUALNE". Ekstrastats.pl (in Polish). 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  19. ↑ "Asysty T-ME: Stilić, a potem Dzalamidze i Pawłowski". Sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Томаш КЕНДЗЕРА – гравець "Динамо" (Київ)!" (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "Tomasz Kędziora zagra w Lechu" (Press release) (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  23. ↑ Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Τόμας Κεντζιόρα. paokfc.gr (in Greek). PAOK. 28 January 2023.
  24. ↑ "Poland June Call-Ups for Georgia and Greece Released". Psnfutbol.com. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  26. ↑
  27. ↑ Tomasz Kędziora at Soccerway
  28. ↑ "Kędziora, Tomasz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  29. ↑ "dynamo wins ukrainian supercup". Trollfootball.me. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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