Paweł Marek Dawidowicz (born 20 May 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Italian club Hellas Verona and the Poland national team as a defender.[2] Besides Poland, he has played in Portugal, Germany, and Italy.[3]
![]() Dawidowicz with Benfica B in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paweł Marek Dawidowicz[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Olsztyn, Poland | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Centre-back Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hellas Verona | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011 | Sokół Ostróda | ||
2011–2014 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Lechia Gdańsk II | 15 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Lechia Gdańsk | 34 | (1) |
2014–2019 | Benfica B | 66 | (3) |
2016–2017 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Palermo (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2019– | Hellas Verona | 67 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Poland U18 | 4 | (0) |
2013 | Poland U19 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Poland U20 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Poland U21 | 11 | (0) |
2015– | Poland | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:32, 31 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:00, 18 November 2021 (UTC) |
Dawidowicz played for Lechia Gdańsk senior team for two years.[4] On 20 May 2014, he signed a five-year-contract for Portuguese champions Benfica, being assigned to the reserve team.[5][6] On 15 March 2015, Dawidowicz scored his first goal for Benfica B in an away win at Farense (0–3) in Segunda Liga.[7]
On 20 March 2019, Dawidowicz signed a permanent deal with Italian side Verona after joining the club on loan for the 2018–19 season. Prior to that, from 2016 to 2018, he had been loaned out to VfL Bochum in Germany and Palermo in Italy for one season each.[8]
Dawidowicz made his senior international debut for Poland as a substitute in a 3–1 friendly win against the Czech Republic in Wrocław on 17 November 2015, replacing Michał Pazdan for the final minutes.[9]
Dawidowicz was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[10] However, he did not make the final 23.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lechia Gdańsk II | 2012–13 | III liga | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Lechia Gdańsk | 2012–13 | Ekstraklasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
Total | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
Benfica B | 2014–15 | LigaPro | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
2015–16 | LigaPro | 37 | 2 | — | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||||
Total | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | ||
VfL Bochum | 2016–17 | 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Palermo | 2017–18 | Serie B | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
Verona | 2018–19 | Serie B | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
2019–20 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
2020-21 | Serie A | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
2021-22 | Serie A | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
2022-23 | Serie A | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
Total | 95 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 105 | 3 | ||
Career total | 256 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 268 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Poland | |||
2015 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
Hellas Verona F.C. – current squad | |
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Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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