Tomasz Kędziora


Tomasz Karol Kędziora is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club PAOK and the Poland national team.
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Club career

Early career

At the age of four, Tomasz Karol Kędziora started attending the youth academy of the UKP Zielona Góra. He was being trained at the time by his father, Mirosław. 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.

Lech Poznań

Before the start of the 2010–11 Ekstraklarsa, Kędziora signed for reigning Polish champions Lech Poznań. Initially a player of the Junior Ekstraklasa Lech team, he played 20 matches and scored two goals in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 Ekstraklarsa, he was placed in the first team, but continued to perform only in the Junior Ekstraklasa, having 20 appearances and scoring seven goals.
On 20 September 2011, Kędziora was included in Lech Poznań's squad for the 1/16 Polish Cup final against Chrobry Głogów, 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.
Kędziora made his first team debut on 12 July 2012 in a 1–1 draw of the first qualifying round of the Europa League with Kazakh football club FC Zhetysu, entering at the 90th minute for Bartosz Ślusarski.
On 27 October 2012, Kędziora made his Ekstraklasa debut in the 2–0 defeat against Jagiellonia Białystok in the 9th round, replacing Hubert Wołąkiewicz in the 62nd minute. On 20 September 2013, during the 8th round of the Ekstraklasa with Pogoń Szczecin, he suffered an injury to his thigh muscle and returned on 13 December for the 21st match against Zawisza Bydgoszcz. 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.
Kędziora signed a new three-year contract with Lech on 1 November 2015, effective until 30 June 2018. In the 2014–15 season, he won the Polish title with the team, appearing in 35 matches, scoring three goals and having six assists.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 11 July 2017, Kędziora signed a four-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

Return to Lech Poznań

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

PAOK

On 29 January 2023, Kędziora joined Greek club PAOK on loan until the end of the season. It was extended for another twelve months on 11 July 2023.
On 10 July 2024, Kędziora terminated his contract with Dynamo by mutual consent. Three days later, he moved to PAOK on a permanent basis, signing a two-year deal with an option for a further year.

International career

Kędziora got his first call-up to the senior Poland squad for friendly matches against Georgia and Greece in June 2015. He debuted against Mexico on 13 November 2017.
In May 2018, he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 October 2021Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland3–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Lech Poznań
Dynamo Kyiv
PAOK