Adrian Benedyczak

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Adrian Benedyczak
Adrian Benedyczak 2021.jpg
Benedyczak with Pogoń Szczecin in 2021
Personal information
Full name Adrian Dawid Benedyczak [1]
Date of birth (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Kamień Pomorski, Poland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Parma
Number 7
Youth career
–2013 Gryf Kamień Pomorski
2013–2016 Pogoń Szczecin
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Pogoń Szczecin II 33 (14)
2017–2021 Pogoń Szczecin 40 (3)
2019–2020Chrobry Głogów (loan) 19 (5)
2021– Parma 103 (24)
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 13 May 2025

Adrian Dawid Benedyczak (born 24 November 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Parma.

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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 Pogon Szczecin at the end of 2020-21 Ekstraklasa season, receiving a bronze medal 19Benedyczak.jpg
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.

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. [5]

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. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pogoń Szczecin II 2016–17 III liga, gr. II 2020
2017–18III liga, gr. II101101
2018–19III liga, gr. II116116
2019–20 III liga, gr. II6464
2020–21 III liga, gr. II4343
Total3314003314
Pogoń Szczecin 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 300030
2018–19 Ekstraklasa12010130
2020–21 Ekstraklasa25330283
Total40340443
Chrobry Głogów (loan) 2019–20 I liga 19510205
Parma 2021–22 Serie B 31610326
2022–23 Serie B328312 [b] 13710
2023–24 Serie B3110313411
2024–25 Serie A900090
Total10324722111227
Career total19546122002120949
  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. "Match report – Group A – Poland v Tahiti" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. "Powołania do reprezentacji Polski na mecze z Wyspami Owczymi i Albanią". PZPN - Łączy nas piłka (in Polish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.