Damian Szymański
![]() Szymański with Akhmat Grozny in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 June 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Kraśnik, Poland | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AEK Athens (on loan from Akhmat Grozny) | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
MUKS Kraśnik | |||
–2011 | Stal Kraśnik | ||
2011–2012 | GKS Bełchatów | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | GKS Bełchatów | 48 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 16 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Wisła Płock | 49 | (6) |
2019– | Akhmat Grozny | 13 | (0) |
2020– | → AEK Athens (loan) | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Poland U20 | 2 | (0) |
2018– | Poland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018 |
Damian Szymański (born 16 June 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Greek club AEK Athens, on loan from Akhmat Grozny and the Poland national team.
Club career
Akhmat Grozny
On 12 January 2019, Wisła Płock announced his transfer to the Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny.[1] Three days later Akhmat confirmed that the club signed a 4.5-year contract with Szymański.[2]
AEK Athens
On 13 January 2020, Szymański travelled to Athens to pass his medicals and complete a move to AEK Athens.[3] The Polish midflielder will join the Greek club on an initial six-month loan, and AEK will maintain the right to buy him for a fee of €1,500,000.[4] One day later, the deal was made official and Szymański was presented by his new club.[5]
International career
Szymański made his Poland national team debut on 7 September 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A game against Italy.[6] He made his first start for Poland in the return game against Italy on 14 October.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 June 2020[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
GKS Bełchatów | 2013–14 | I liga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | I liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
Total | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 51 | 2 | ||||
Jagiellonia Białystok | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Wisła Płock | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||
2018–19 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 4 | ||||
Total | 49 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 52 | 8 | ||||
Akhmat Grozny | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
AEK Athens (loan) | 2019–20 | Superleague | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 135 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 11 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of 20 November 2019[9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Poland | |||
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Kolejny wielki transfer! Szymański w Achmacie Grozny" [Another big transfer! Szymański in Akhmat Grozny] (in Russian). Wisła Płock. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Магомед Даудов: «Дамиан Шиманьски – первый новичок нашего клуба в 2019 году»" [Magomed Daudov: Damian Szymański is our first new player in 2019] (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 15 January 2019.
- ^ "ΑΕΚ: Έφερε Σιμάνσκι!". www.sport24.gr. 13 January 2020.
- ^ "ΑΕΚ: Σιμάνσκι με 1,5 εκατ. ευρώ". www.sport24.gr. 13 January 2020.
- ^ "ΑΕΚ: Ανακοίνωσε τον Σιμάνσκι". www.sport24.gr. 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Italy v Poland game report". UEFA. 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Poland v Italy game report". UEFA. 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Damian Szymański". SofaScore. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Szymański, Damian". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Damian Szymański at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Damian Szymański at Soccerway
- Damian Szymański at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Polish footballers
- Poland youth international footballers
- Poland international footballers
- GKS Bełchatów players
- Jagiellonia Białystok players
- Wisła Płock players
- FC Akhmat Grozny players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Russian Premier League players
- Polish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- People from Kraśnik County
- Association football midfielders