Adrian Benedyczak

Adrian Benedyczak
Benedyczak with Pogoń Szczecin in 2021
Personal information
Full name Adrian Dawid Benedyczak[1]
Date of birth (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000[1]
Place of birth Kamień Pomorski, Poland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kasımpaşa
Number 9
Youth career
–2013 Gryf Kamień Pomorski
2013–2016 Pogoń Szczecin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Pogoń Szczecin II 33 (14)
2017–2021 Pogoń Szczecin 40 (3)
2019–2020 → Chrobry Głogów (loan) 19 (5)
2021–2026 Parma 117 (25)
2026 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 14 (10)
2026– Kasımpaşa 2 (2)
International career
2016 Poland U17 4 (2)
2017–2018 Poland U18 5 (1)
2018 Poland U19 1 (1)
2018–2019 Poland U20 11 (1)
2021–2022 Poland U21 11 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:00, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

Adrian Dawid Benedyczak (born 24 November 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa.

Youth career

Benedyczak started playing football at Gryf Kamień Pomorski before joining Pogoń Szczecin in 2013.

Club career

Pogoń Szczecin and Chrobry Głogów

Benedyczak (number 19) with Pogoń Szczecin at the end of 2020–21 Ekstraklasa season, receiving a bronze medal

Benedyczak first played for the reserve team of Pogoń and made it to the first team in 2017. He was loaned out to the I liga side Chrobry Głogów in 2019 for a season and the returned to Pogoń where he made a total of 40 league appearances and scored three goals.

Parma

On 27 June 2021, Benedyczak joined Serie B side Parma on a four-year deal.[2] He scored ten goals in 31 league appearances during Parma's title-winning 2023–24 season. On 29 May 2024, the club announced Benedyczak had extended his contract until June 2028.[3] In 2024, he won promotion to Serie A with the team.[4] In May 2025, Benedyczak recovered from an ankle injury, which ruled him out for almost four months playing a match.

On 3 February 2026, Benedyczak was loaned to Kasımpaşa in Turkey.[5] He ended the season with ten goals in fourteen appearances and returned to Parma after it had concluded.[6] He made 129 appearances in all competitions for Parma, scoring 29 goals.

Kasımpaşa

On 28 July 2026, Benedyczak returned to Kasımpaşa on a permanent transfer, signing at the club's Kemerburgaz training ground.[7] The fee was reported to be in the region of €5 million.[8]

International career

Youth teams

Benedyczak represented Poland at multiple youth levels, ranging from under-17s to under-21s. He was part of the roster for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[1] where he appeared in all four games played by the hosts, scoring once in a 5–0 group stage win against Tahiti.[9]

Senior team

On 31 August 2023, he received his first senior team call-up for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Faroe Islands and Albania on 7 and 10 September 2023, but failed to make an appearance in either of them.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pogoń Szczecin II 2016–17 III liga, gr. II 20——20
2017–18 III liga, gr. II 101——101
2018–19 III liga, gr. II 116——116
2019–20 III liga, gr. II 64——64
2020–21 III liga, gr. II 43——43
Total 3314——3314
Pogoń Szczecin 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 3000—30
2018–19 Ekstraklasa 12010—130
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 25330—283
Total 40340—443
Chrobry Głogów (loan) 2019–20 I liga 19510—205
Parma 2021–22 Serie B 31610—326
2022–23 Serie B 328312[b]13710
2023–24 Serie B 311031—3411
2024–25 Serie A 9000—90
2025–26 Serie A 14131—172
Total 117251032112929
Kasımpaşa (loan) 2025–26 Süper Lig 1410——1410
Kasımpaşa 2026–27 Süper Lig 1100—11
Career total 224581532124162
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

Honours

Parma

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "ADRIAN BENEDYCZAK JOINS PARMA CALCIO". Parma Calcio 1913. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Adrian Benedyczak na dłużej w Parmie". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Doppia festa al Tardini: il Parma pareggia 1-1 con la Cremonese e vince il campionato di serie B - Delprato alza la coppa, esplode il popolo crociato (Video)". gazzettadiparma.it (in Italian). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "ADRIAN BENEDYCZAK IN PRESTITO AL KASIMPAŞA SPOR KULÜBÜ" [ADRIAN BENEDYCZAK ON LOAN TO KASIMPAŞA SPOR KULÜBÜ] (in Italian). Parma Calcio. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Szymański, Rafał (30 May 2026). "Polak błyszczał w Turcji. Teraz zmienia klub". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Kasımpaşa geçen sezonun kahramanı Benedyczak'ın bonservisini aldı". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 28 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Wątorski, Paweł (24 July 2026). "Adrian Benedyczak blisko nowego klubu. Na stole 5 mln euro". Goal.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Match report – Group A – Poland v Tahiti" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Powołania do reprezentacji Polski na mecze z Wyspami Owczymi i Albanią". PZPN - Łączy nas piłka (in Polish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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