Adam Mieczysław Stachowiak (born 18 December 1986) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

A product of the local youth setups of

Olimpia Poznań Olimpia Poznań is a Polish multi-sport club from Poznań. It has athletics, archery, basketball, boxing, kendo, judo, swimming, tennis, and triathlon sections. The sections are formally independent of each other, sharing the history and nam ...

, he started his senior career with Unia Swarzędz in 2005, before making his professional debut on the other side of the country with the then second tier

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish professional football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the 42nd Infantry Regiment Reserve Battalion in Bi ...

. He then moved onto

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, establishing himself as an

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

player in his four years there. He then had a short spell with

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

, who in August 2011, loaned him to

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

on a one-year deal. Stachowiak signed a contract with the Bulgaria club

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

on 15 January 2013. He made his debut in

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on 1 March 2013 when his side beat

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

2–0. Stachowiak participated in all of Botev's games in

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during the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. Stachowiak did not miss a single minute of the 2013–14 league campaign and subsequently was selected by fans as the player of the season. Botev suffered a financial crisis at the start of the 2014–15 season. There were speculations that Stachowiak would leave the club, but he decided to remain at least until the next transfer window. He played in all four games in the Europa League and in the

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final, but remained on the bench at the beginning of the league campaign. He was again included in the starting lineup on 24 August 2014 during a 2–0 league win over Slavia Sofia. His steady performance in this game reestablished him as a first choice goalkeeper. On 27 September, he kept a clean sheet in the derby game with

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

, won by Botev 2–0. At the beginning of 2015, Stachowiak demonstrated very good shape and kept a clean sheet in the first three A Grupa rounds of the year, in a 3–0 home win against

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek () is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. Home matches take ...

, a 0–2 away win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv and a 2–0 home win over

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

. On 15 March, Adam kept a clean sheet and contributed an assist for the second goal scored by

Lachezar Baltanov Lachezar Baltanov (; born 11 July 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Botev Plovdiv, while being a captain of Botev Plovdiv II. Career Levski Sofia He raised through PFC Levski Sofia youth ranks a ...

during a 2–0 victory against CSKA Sofia. A week later, on 22 March, Stachowiak was among the key players for Botev during the 0–0 draw against Ludogorets Razgrad. Adam did not play in two consecutive games and then returned to the starting lineup for the last game of the 2014–15 season, a 0–2 home defeat against

Lokomotiv Sofia FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following ...

. Following the game, it was announced that the contracts of Stachowiak and his friend, the midfielder

Tomáš Jirsák Tomáš Jirsák (born 29 June 1984) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sokol České Heřmanice. Club career Jirsák played his first professional years with Hradec Králové, before moving to Teplice. In July 2007, he joined P ...

, would not be renewed and both of them would leave the club. After leaving

Denizlispor Denizlispor is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seati ...

in 2020, after six months of free agency, he signed for another Turkish club

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in January 2021. On 10 March 2023, he joined his hometown club's reserve side,

Lech Poznań II Lech Poznań II () is the reserve team and the senior academy team of Lech Poznań, a Polish professional football club based in Poznań. The team and its facilities are based in Wronki. They currently play in group II of the fourth tier of the ...

, on a deal until June 2024. He left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season. On 30 August 2024, Stachowiak returned to Unia Swarzędz, playing in the fourth division.

International career

He has earned five caps for the Poland U-21 team.

Honours

Botev Plovdiv *

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runner-up: 2014 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stachowiak, Adam 1986 births Living people Footballers from Poznań Polish men's footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Jagiellonia Białystok players Odra Wodzisław Śląski players Górnik Zabrze players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players GKS Bełchatów players Botev Plovdiv players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Denizlispor footballers Altay S.K. footballers Lech Poznań II players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Polish sportsmen