Pawel Abbott

Pawel Abbott

Abbott training with Oldham Athletic in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Pawel Tadeusz Howard Abbott [1]
Date of birth	(1982-05-05) 5 May 1982 (age 42) [2]
Place of birth	York, North Yorkshire, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [3]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Beagle Boys
	Kujawiak Włocławek
	Włocłavia Włocławek
	Łokietek Brześć Kujawski
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	ŁKS Łódź	8	(0)
2001–2004	Preston North End	25	(5)
2002	→ Bury (loan)	13	(5)
2003	→ Bury (loan)	4	(1)
2004	→ Huddersfield Town (loan)	6	(4)
2004–2007	Huddersfield Town	105	(44)
2007	Swansea City	18	(1)
2007–2009	Darlington	42	(17)
2009–2010	Oldham Athletic	39	(13)
2010–2011	Charlton Athletic	17	(1)
2011–2012	Ruch Chorzów	36	(6)
2012–2014	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	31	(15)
2014–2017	Arka Gdynia	51	(14)
2017–2018	Stomil Olsztyn	10	(0)
Total		405	(126)
International career
	Poland U21	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pawel Tadeusz Howard Abbott (born 5 May 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in England, he represented Poland at under-21 level.

Club career

Early career

Abbott was born in York, North Yorkshire, ^[1] to a Polish mother and an English father as the younger of two children.^{[ citation needed ]} He first played football for Beagle Boys in York before the team changed its name to York RI. He had the chance to play for Doncaster Rovers but declined the offer and moved to Poland, where he became a youth player at ŁKS Łódź, before moving back to England to join Preston North End at the age of 19.

He did not have the best time at Preston making only 25 appearances in three years and having two loan spells at Bury.

Huddersfield Town

In early 2004, Abbott was signed on loan by Huddersfield Town as a makeshift replacement for Jon Stead who had just been sold to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers. He scored on his debut after coming off the bench against Bristol Rovers, going on to score four times in six games on loan. He was then bought for a fee of around £125,000. He would score only once more that season, but in 2004–05 became the first Town striker in six years to hit more than 20 goals as he struck 27 times in all competitions.

The following season was less successful for Abbott. After an initial run of scoring in the season, including in six consecutive games in August and September, he suffered something of a goal-drought over the remainder of the campaign, being relegated to being a bit-part player from the bench following this loss of form. He scored a total of 14 times in 2005–06.

In July 2006, Abbott rejected a move to Milton Keynes Dons as part of a deal or no deal with their defender Dean Lewington. He said that he wanted to fight for a first-team place against Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Andy Booth, John McAliskey and new signing Luke Beckett. In his penultimate game for Huddersfield on 30 December 2006 he scored two goals (including a last minute winner) against the club he would ironically go on to join in a matter of days; Swansea City. ^[4] In his final game for Huddersfield he was sent off against Doncaster Rovers on 1 January 2007. ^[5]

Swansea City

In January 2007, Abbott was sold to Swansea City for £150,000. ^[6] He made his debut as a late substitute against Gillingham on 23 January 2007. ^[7] Abbott was signed by Kenny Jackett, however shortly after he joined the club Jackett was replaced by Roberto Martínez. After 18 league appearances (9 starts) for the Swans he scored just once against Rotherham United, which was Martínez's first game in charge. ^[8]

Darlington

After just six months with Swansea, Abbott joined Darlington for £100,000. ^[9] Here Abbott found some of his best form scoring 17 from in 31 appearances. However, he was prone to injuries during his two seasons there and was sold to Oldham Athletic.

Oldham Athletic

On 26 June 2009, Abbott signed for League One team Oldham Athletic on a two-year deal. He scored his first two goals for the club on 15 August 2009, wrapping up a 2–1 victory for Oldham against Leyton Orient. ^[10] Abbott finished the season as Oldham's top scorer with 13 goals.

Charlton Athletic

On 30 July 2010, Abbott signed for Charlton Athletic for a fee of £20,000. Abbott netted twice against Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup to register his first goals for the club. ^[11] He went on to score against MK Dons in the Football League Trophy ^[12] and Swindon in the league, ^[13] ending his season tally on 4 goals.

Ruch Chorzów

On 28 February 2011, Abbott joined Polish side Ruch Chorzów on a free transfer, after playing 25 matches for Charlton scoring four goals. ^[14]

On 30 July 2011, he scored his first goal for Ruch Chorzów, giving his team a 2–1 victory over GKS Bełchatów on the first day match of the 2011–12 season. ^[15]

International career

Abbott was eligible to represent both England and Poland at International level, and chose to represent Poland due to his mother. He made one appearance for the Poland national under-21 team, where he also scored his first international goal.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

As of match played 19 July 2018.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ŁKS Łódź	1999–2000 [16]	Ekstraklasa	8	0	1	1	2	0	—		11	1
	2000–01 [17]	II liga	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		8	0	2	1	2	0	—		12	1
Preston North End	2000–01 [18]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2002–03 [19]	First Division	16	3	1	0	0	0	—		17	3
	2003–04 [20]	First Division	9	2	3	0	1	0	—		13	2
	Total		25	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	30	5
Bury (loan)	2002–03 [19]	Third Division	17	6	0	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	20	6
Huddersfield Town (loan)	2003–04 [20]	Third Division	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Huddersfield Town	2003–04 [20]	Third Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	9	1
	2004–05 [21]	League One	44	26	1	1	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	47	27
	2005–06 [22]	League One	36	12	3	0	2	2	3 [lower-alpha 3]	0	44	14
	2006–07 [23]	League One	18	5	0	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	20	5
	Total		111	48	4	1	4	2	7	0	126	51
Swansea City	2006–07 [23]	League One	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Darlington	2007–08 [24]	League Two	24	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	27	9
	2008–09 [25]	League Two	18	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	8
	Total		42	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	45	17
Oldham Athletic	2009–10 [26]	League One	39	13	0	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	41	13
Charlton Athletic	2010–11 [27]	League One	17	1	3	0	1	2	4 [lower-alpha 1]	1	25	4
Ruch Chorzów	2010–11 [28]	Ekstraklasa	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
	2011–12 [29]	Ekstraklasa	29	6	7	3	—		—		36	9
	Total		36	6	8	3	—		—		44	9
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	2012–13 [30]	I liga	27	15	2	0	—		—		29	15
	2013–14 [31]	Ekstraklasa	4	0	1	1	—		—		5	1
	Total		31	15	3	1	—		—		34	16
Arka Gdynia	2014–15 [32]	I liga	15	2	1	0	—		—		16	2
	2015–16 [33]	I liga	25	12	2	0	—		—		27	12
	2016–17 [34]	Ekstraklasa	11	0	3	2	—		—		14	2
	Total		51	14	5	2	—		—		57	16
Stomil Olsztyn	2017–18 [35]	I liga	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
Career total			405	126	33	8	12	4	13	1	463	139

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in Third Division play-offs
3. One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in League One play-offs

Honours

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

• I liga: 2012–13
• Polish Cup: 2013–14

Arka Gdynia

• I liga: 2015–16
• Polish Cup: 2016–17

References

1. "Pawel Abbott". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. "P. Abbott". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
3. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 13. ISBN   978-1-84596-601-0.
4. "Huddersfield 3-2 Swansea". BBC. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
5. "Doncaster 3-0 Huddersfield". BBC. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
6. "Swans sign Abbott from Terriers". BBC. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
7. "Swansea boss enjoys Abbott debut". BBC. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
8. "Rotherham 1-2 Swansea". BBC. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
9. "Abbott joins Quakers from Swans". BBC. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
10. "Leyton Orient 1 – 2 Oldham". BBC. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
11. "Shrewsbury 4 – 3 Charlton". BBC. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
12. "MK Dons 1 – 2 Charlton". BBC. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
13. "Charlton 2 – 4 Swindon". BBC. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
14. Paweł Abbott nowym piłkarzem Ruchu! 28 February 2011, ruchchorzow.com.pl
15. Szalona radość Pawła Abbotta! 30 July 2011, ruchchorzow.com.pl
16. "Sezon 1999/00" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
17. "Sezon 2000/01" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
18. "2000/01". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
19. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
20. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
21. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
22. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
23. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
24. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
25. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
26. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
27. "Games played by Pawel Abbott in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
28. "Sezon 2010/11" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
29. "Sezon 2011/12" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
30. "Sezon 2012/13" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
31. "Sezon 2013/14" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
32. "Sezon 2014/15" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
33. "Sezon 2015/16" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
34. "Sezon 2016/17" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
35. "Sezon 2017/18" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

External links

• Pawel Abbott at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Pawel Abbott at Soccerbase