| Kacper Kozłowski | |
| Full Name: | Kacper Szymon Kozłowski[1] |
| Birth Date: | 16 October 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Koszalin, Poland |
| Height: | 1.82 m[2] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Gaziantep |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Bałtyk Koszalin |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Pogoń Szczecin |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Pogoń Szczecin II |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Pogoń Szczecin |
| Caps2: | 40 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs3: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | → Union SG (loan) |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs5: | → Vitesse (loan) |
| Caps5: | 29 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs6: | → Vitesse (loan) |
| Caps6: | 30 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | Gaziantep |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Poland U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Poland U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 6 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam3: | Poland U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam4: | Poland U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam5: | Poland |
| Nationalcaps5: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21:28, 23 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 20:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC) |
Kacper Szymon Kozłowski (born 16 October 2003) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantep.
Kozłowski started his career with Pogoń Szczecin. In January 2022, he transferred to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion for a reported fee of £8,000,000, where he was immediately loaned to Brighton's sister club Union SG of Belgian First Division A for the rest of the season.[3] [4]
In August 2022, Kozłowski joined Vitesse in the Netherlands on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5]
On 18 July 2023, he rejoined Vitesse on another season-long loan spell.[6]
On 19 July 2024, Kozłowski left Brighton permanently to join Turkish club Gaziantep for an undisclosed fee.[7]
In June 2021, Kozłowski featured for Poland at UEFA Euro 2020 in a 1–1 draw with Spain, to become the youngest player of any nationality to play at a European Championship, aged 17 years and 246 days, breaking the previous record of Jude Bellingham, who himself had broken the same record only six days prior.[8] He kept the record until 2024, when Lamine Yamal debuted at the European Championship at 16 years and 338 days.[9]
Kozłowski was named in the provisional squad for Poland for the 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign,[10] but he was not included in the final 26-man squad.[11]
On 10 January 2020, Kozłowski suffered a traffic accident that almost ended his football career.[12] Whilst on his way to training for Pogon Szczecin with two of his teammates, their car was involved in a crash. Suffering the most severe injuries of the three, Kozłowski had broke his pelvis and broke three vertebrae in his lower back. Despite the near life-ending and career-threatening injury, he managed to recover and return to football. Speaking to Goal in 2021 about the accident, he said "I couldn't train for almost half a year. It was a difficult time, but I focus on the here and now, not the past" and stated that the experience might help him mentally in the future having gone through it.[13]
In the NXGN 50 in 2022, Kozłowski was ranked as the 19th best wonderkid in football.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Pogoń Szczecin II | 2018–19[15] | III liga | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 2019–20[16] | III liga | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| 2020–21[17] | III liga | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | |||||||
| Pogoń Szczecin | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22[18] | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 4 | |||||
| Union SG (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Vitesse (loan) | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 59 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 63 | 5 | ||||||
| Gaziantep | 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 143 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 16 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | ||||
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | ||
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