Paweł Dawidowicz

Paweł Dawidowicz
Dawidowicz with Benfica B in 2015
Personal information
Full name Paweł Marek Dawidowicz[1]
Date of birth (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995
Place of birth Olsztyn, Poland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
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)
2026 Raków Częstochowa 10 (0)
2026– Hellas Verona 0 (0)
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 19:10, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024

Paweł Marek Dawidowicz (born 20 May 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder for Serie B club Hellas Verona. Besides Poland, he has played in Portugal, Germany, and Italy.[3]

Club career

Dawidowicz played for Lechia Gdańsk's 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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 2026[4][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lechia Gdańsk II 2012–13 III liga, gr. D 150———150
Lechia Gdańsk 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 2000——20
2013–14 Ekstraklasa 32120——341
Total 34120——361
Benfica B 2014–15 LigaPro 291———291
2015–16 LigaPro 372———372
Total 663———663
VfL Bochum (loan) 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 17000——170
Palermo (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 27000—2[b]0290
Hellas Verona (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 28110—5[b]0341
Hellas Verona 2019–20 Serie A 15100——151
2020–21 Serie A 30020——320
2021–22 Serie A 17010——180
2022–23 Serie A 23110—1[c]0251
2023–24 Serie A 28011——291
2024–25 Serie A 26010——270
Total 167371—601804
Raków Częstochowa 2025–26 Ekstraklasa 1002000—120
Hellas Verona 2026–27 Serie B 0000——00
Career total 336711100803558
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker

International

As of match played 15 October 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland
201510
202170
202490
Total170

References

  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. ↑ "Paweł Dawidowicz w Rakowie Częstochowa!" (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Paweł Dawidowicz: Wierzę, że mój czas dopiero nadejdzie" (in Polish). Polish Football Association.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 "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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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. ↑ "Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Paweł Dawidowicz statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Paweł Dawidowicz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
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