Martin Kobylański (, ; born 8 March 1994) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

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club Blau-Weiß Lohne. Born in Germany, he has represented both his country of birth and Poland at youth level.

Early years

Kobylański was born in Berlin as the son of former Polish international Andrzej Kobylański and grandson of footballer Alfred Kobylański. At the time of his birth, his father was playing for 2. Bundesliga side

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and ...

. The majority of his youth however, he spent in nearby

Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...

where his father also had a three-year spell with local FC Energie.

Career

Professional debut in Cottbus

At the age of only 17, he made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 6 November 2011 as a 15th-minute substitute for

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in a 2–0 home loss to

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the turn of the millenni ...

. At that time several

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

clubs, including

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

, showed interest in his services.

Werder Bremen

Kobylański signed for

Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in the Bremenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

in summer 2012, and was a regular for the team throughout the following 2012–13 season. He made his debut for the first team in a friendly versus FC St. Pauli on 5 September 2013 and scored Werder's only goal in a shock 4–1 defeat. He had his debut in the

for Werder Bremen on 21 September 2013 in a game against

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), or HSV (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its Association football, football department. Though the current HSV was founde ...

in which he started.

Union Berlin (loan)

In August 2014, Kobylański moved to his native city and signed for

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional Football in Germany, German football club based in Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was fo ...

on a one-year loan. Werder Bremen also granted Union a purchase clause.

Preußen Münster

Kobylanski spent the second half of the 2016–17 season at

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

club

Preußen Münster Preußen or Preussen is the German word for Prussia. It also refers to: Ships * Preußen (ship), ''Preußen'' (ship), windjammer built in 1902 * SMS Preußen (1873), SMS ''Preußen'' (1873), armored frigate * SMS Preußen (1903), SMS ''Preußen ...

, on loan from

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

, scoring five goals in 16 appearances while being deployed in different positions. He signed permanently for the club in June 2017, agreeing to a two-year contract.

Eintracht Braunschweig

On 30 May 2019,

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

confirmed, that they had signed Kobylanski for the 2019–20 season on a three-year contract. On 14 May 2022, it was announced he would leave the team at the end of the season.

1860 Munich

On 19 May 2022, Kobylański signed for

side

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. On 22 June 2023, he left the club by mutual consent.

VSG Altglienicke

On 13 August 2023, Kobylański joined

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...

club

VSG Altglienicke VSG Altglienicke is a German sports club based in the locality of Altglienicke in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick of eastern Berlin. VSG Altglienicke is a multi-sports club, which besides its Association football, football department, also offe ...

Waldhof Mannheim

On 1 February 2024, he moved to 3. Liga club

Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of ove ...

Blau-Weiß Lohne

On 19 June 2025, Kobylański signed a two-year deal with

club Blau-Weiß Lohne.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobylanski, Martin 1994 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German people of Polish descent German men's footballers Polish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Ekstraklasa players III liga players FC Energie Cottbus players FC Energie Cottbus II players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Werder Bremen players 1. FC Union Berlin players Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players SC Preußen Münster players Eintracht Braunschweig players TSV 1860 Munich players VSG Altglienicke players SV Waldhof Mannheim players German expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen