Paweł Dawidowicz

	Dawidowicz with Benfica B in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Paweł Marek Dawidowicz
Date of birth	20 May 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Olsztyn, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
2011	Sokół Ostróda
2011–2014	Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Lechia Gdańsk II
2012–2014	Lechia Gdańsk
2014–2019	Benfica B
2016–2017	→ VFL Bochum (loan)
2017–2018	→ Palermo (loan)
2018–2019	→ Hellas Verona (loan)
2019–2025	Hellas Verona
International career‡
2013	Poland U18
2013	Poland U19
2014–2015	Poland U20
2014–2017	Poland U21
2015–	Poland
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024
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Paweł Marek Dawidowicz (born 20 May 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder for Poland national team.^[2] Besides Poland, he has played in Portugal, Germany, and Italy.^[3]

Club career

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 a 3–0 away win at Farense 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]

International career

Dawidowicz made his senior international debut for Poland as a substitute in a 3–1 friendly victory 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]^{[bare URL]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025^[4]^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lechia Gdańsk II	2012–13	III liga, gr. D	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	—		—		36	1
Benfica B	2014–15	LigaPro	29	1	—		—		—		29	1
	2015–16	LigaPro	37	2	—		—		—		37	2
	Total		66	3	—		—		—		66	3
VfL Bochum (loan)	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	17	0	0	0	—		—		17	0
Palermo (loan)	2017–18	Serie B	27	0	0	0	—		2^[b]	0	29	0
Hellas Verona (loan)	2018–19	Serie B	28	1	1	0	—		5^[b]	0	34	1
Hellas Verona	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	23	1	1	0	—		1^[c]	0	25	1
	2023–24	Serie A	28	0	1	1	—		—		29	1
	2024–25	Serie A	26	0	1	0	—		—		27	0
	Total		167	3	7	1	—		6	0	180	4
Career total			326	7	9	1	0	0	8	0	343	8

^ Includes Polish Cup, Coppa Italia
^ ^a ^b Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
^ Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker

International

As of match played 15 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland
	2015	1	0
	2021	7	0
	2024	9	0
Total		17	0

References

^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 216" [Official Press Release No. 216] (PDF). Serie A. 10 March 2020. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ Pavese, Michele (4 August 2018). "Ufficiale: Hellas, ecco Dawidowicz. Ha firmato fino al 2022". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "Paweł Dawidowicz: Wierzę, że mój czas dopiero nadejdzie" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Paweł Dawidowicz". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "SL Benfica sign Pawel Dawidowicz". S.L. Benfica. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Benfica take on Polish prospect Dawidowicz". UEFA. 20 May 2014.
^ "Farense – Benfica B (Jornada 34 Segunda Liga 2014–2015) – Liga Portugal" (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Dawidowicz no Verona a título definitivo". A Bola (in Portuguese). 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019.
^ "Polska 3–1 Czechy w meczu towarzskim rozegranym we Wrocławiu". Polish Press Agency (in Polish). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ Crawford, Stephen. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023.
^ https://www.usatoday.com/35685261 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Paweł Dawidowicz statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

Paweł Dawidowicz at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Paweł Dawidowicz at Soccerway
Paweł Dawidowicz at National-Football-Teams.com

[13] Includes Polish Cup, Coppa Italia

[SBPP-14] Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

[15] Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker

[1] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 216" [Official Press Release No. 216] (PDF). Serie A. 10 March 2020. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[2] Pavese, Michele (4 August 2018). "Ufficiale: Hellas, ecco Dawidowicz. Ha firmato fino al 2022". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[3] "Paweł Dawidowicz: Wierzę, że mój czas dopiero nadejdzie" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.

[90min-4] "Paweł Dawidowicz". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[5] "SL Benfica sign Pawel Dawidowicz". S.L. Benfica. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[6] "Benfica take on Polish prospect Dawidowicz". UEFA. 20 May 2014.

[7] "Farense – Benfica B (Jornada 34 Segunda Liga 2014–2015) – Liga Portugal" (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[8] "Dawidowicz no Verona a título definitivo". A Bola (in Portuguese). 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019.

[9] "Polska 3–1 Czechy w meczu towarzskim rozegranym we Wrocławiu". Polish Press Agency (in Polish). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[10] Crawford, Stephen. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023.

[11] ttps://www.usatoday.com/35685261 ^{[bare URL]}

[12] "Paweł Dawidowicz statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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Dawidowicz with Benfica B in 2015
Full name	Paweł Marek Dawidowicz^[1]
Date of birth	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Olsztyn, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
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)	27	(0)
2018–2019	→ Hellas Verona (loan)	28	(1)
2019–2025	Hellas Verona	139	(2)
International career^‡
2013	Poland U18	4	(0)
2013	Poland U19	3	(0)
2014–2015	Poland U20	4	(0)
2014–2017	Poland U21	11	(0)
2015–	Poland	17	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024