Dawid Kownacki

Dawid Kownacki

Country: Poland

Date of birth: 14/03/1997 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Gorzow Wielkopolski (Poland)

Height: 1,85m

Club career: Lech Poznan

Squad number: 24

Current national team: Poland U-17

Position: attacking midfielder, secondary striker, striker

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 300,000 €

Contract until: 30.06.2015

Player’s agent: unknown

Similar type of player: Jari Litmanen

Strengths:

– pace

– acceleration

– passing

– vision

– finishing

– off the ball

– through balls

Style of play:

– trequartista or false “9”

– likes to play through balls

– player is very good in combination play

– often creates shooting opportunities

He is best suited to playing as:

Attacking midfielder in 4-2-3-1.

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League summary:

Ekstraklasa 2013/2014 (ongoing): 6 matches/1 goal (Lech Poznan)

Description:

Dawid Kownacki is a youth product of Lech Poznań. He has been regarded as a huge talent for many years, and thanks to his good form shown in the youth team he was included in the club’s first team squad. . He made his senior debut on 6th February 2014 in a league fixture against Wisla Krakow – he replaced Kasper Hämäläinen after 83 minutes. Just two weeks later he scored his first league goal in a 1-5 loss to Pogoń Szczecin; thanks to that goal he became one of the youngest goal scorers in the history of the Polish top division, Ekstraklasa. It looks like Dawid will be a mainstay in the first team because his skillset is at an adequate level. He is also a top star of the Polish U-17 national team, which is seen as one of the most interesting young footballing generations in recent years.

Quotes:

“He has great potential, enthusiasm and character to work. Technically he is prepared to train with us.”

(Mariusz Rumak – manager of Lech Poznan)

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10