Kamil Kosowski

Kamil Kosowski

Personal information
Full name	Kamil Kosowski
Date of birth	30 August 1977 (1977-08-30)
Place of birth	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	GKS Bełchatów
Number	11
Youth career
0000–1991	KSZO Ostrowiec
1991–1996	Gwarek Zabrze
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1999	Górnik Zabrze	64	(1)
1999–2008	Wisła Kraków	115	(13)
2003–2005	→ FC Kaiserslautern (loan)	43	(1)
2005–2006	→ Southampton F.C. (loan)	18	(1)
2006–2007	→ Chievo (loan)	23	(0)
2008	Cádiz CF	17	(0)
2008–2010	APOEL	44	(5)
2010–2011	Apollon Limassol	17	(1)
2011–	GKS Bełchatów	15	(0)
National team
2001–2009	Poland	54	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Kamil Kosowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkamil kɔˈsɔfski]) (born 30 August 1977 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) is a Polish footballer playing currently for GKS Bełchatów. He is an audacious winger / playmaker with good dribbling and a wide variety of passing.

Club career

He started out playing for his home town club KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

Kosowski gained renown in Poland after his performances for Wisła Kraków, in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup matches.

He moved to Kaiserslautern in Germany in 2003 and then to Southampton where he played the 2005–06 season on a year-long loan and was recalled to the Polish national team. He scored once in the league for Southampton, in a 1–1 draw with Hull.

Wisła Kraków

After being on loan at A.C. Chievo Verona, Kosowski returned to Wisła Kraków and played very well for the first half of the season as the player with most assists in the first-half of the league campaign after setting up nine goals in 13 games. However on 14 January 2008, Wisła Kraków and Kosowski mutually voided the remainder of his contract as a result of not coming to a compromise on a new deal.

Cádiz CF

Kosowski signed a 2.5 year contract with Spanish second division team Cádiz CF on January 25, 2008. Cadiz finished 20th in Segunda Division (2007–08) and was relegated to Segunda Division B.

APOEL Nicosia

On 7 July 2008 he was transferred to APOEL from Cádiz CF and signed a 2 years contract. In his first official appearance with APOEL, "Kosa" scored the only goal in the Super Cup match against Anorthosis and APOEL won the title. At his first year in the club, he helped APOEL to win the Cyprus Championship 2008–09 by playing very well, showing his world class level and fairly was one the most valuable players of the club.[1]. The next season he won the Super Cup again and he also appeared in five official group stages matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with APOEL. He said that he was playing in UEFA Champions League for first time and this was one of the most important moments in his career.

Apollon Limassol

On 31 May 2010 signed a two years contract with Apollon Limassol but at the end of the season his contract was mutually terminated.

GKS Bełchatów

In July 2011, he joined GKS Bełchatów on one year contract.

International career

Kosowski playing for APOEL in a UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea

Kosowski has appeared 54 times for Poland, scoring four goals.

He was selected to the 23-men national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany, but he played only about fifteen minutes against Ecuador.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 April 2003	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland	San Marino	5–0	Win	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2.	16 November 2003	Płock, Poland	Serbia and Montenegro	4–3	Win	Friendly
3.	26 March 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Azerbaijan	8–0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
4.	3 September 2005	Chorzów, Poland	Austria	3–2	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

External links

• Kamil Kosowski at 90minut.pl (Polish)
• Kamil Kosowski career stats at Soccerbase (English)
• Kamil Kosowski at National-Football-Teams.com (Polish)