Robert Kozioła | |
Fullname: | Robert Kozioła |
Birth Date: | 13 January 1981 |
Birth Place: | Poland |
Position: | Defender |
Youthyears1: | –1999 |
Youthclubs1: | GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Years1: | 1999–2000 |
Years2: | 2000 |
Years3: | 2001–2002 |
Years4: | 2002–2006 |
Years5: | 2006–2007 |
Years6: | 2007–2009 |
Years7: | 2010–2011 |
Years8: | 2011–2014 |
Years9: | 2015 |
Years10: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs1: | Czarni Żagań |
Clubs5: | Polonia Słubice |
Clubs6: | GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Clubs7: | Pogoń Barlinek |
Clubs9: | Warta Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Caps2: | 0 |
Caps6: | 34 |
Caps7: | 15 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Robert Kozioła (born 13 January 1981) is a former Polish footballer who played as a defender.
He started his career playing for the youth sides of GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, joining Czarni Żagań in 1999 to start his professional career. In 2000 he joined II liga side Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk who were playing in the second division of Polish football. Kozioła failed to make a league appearance for the club during his six-month spell, but made appearances in the Polish Cup and in the Polish League Cup.[1] Kozioła returned to Czarni Żagań for the following season before joining Promień Żary for a period of stability playing with the club for four seasons. After a short spell with Polonia Słubice he rejoined the club where his career started, GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, going on to make appearances in the second and third Polish divisions,[2] with the 2008–09 season being that in which he played his highest standard of football, making 7 appearances in the newly structured I liga.[3] After the highlight of his career he spent two seasons with Pogoń Barlinek, rejoining GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski which now went by the name Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski. Apart from a 6-month stint playing with Warta Gorzów Wielkopolski the rest of his career was spent playing with Stilon until 2016, when he retired from playing professional football.[4]