Paweł Marek Dawidowicz (born 20 May 1995) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder for

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club Hellas Verona and the Poland national team. Besides Poland, he has played in Portugal, Germany, and Italy.

Club career

Dawidowicz played for Lechia Gdańsk senior team for two years. On 20 May 2014, he signed a five-year-contract for Portuguese champions Benfica, being assigned to the

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. On 15 March 2015, Dawidowicz scored his first goal for Benfica B in a 3–0 away win at Farense in Segunda Liga. On 20 March 2019, Dawidowicz signed a permanent deal with Italian side

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after joining the club on loan for the 2018–19 season. Prior to that, from 2016 to 2018, he had been loaned out to VfL Bochum in Germany and

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in Italy for one season each.

International career

Dawidowicz made his senior international debut for

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as a substitute in a 3–1 friendly victory against the

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on 17 November 2015, replacing Michał Pazdan for the final minutes. Dawidowicz was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawidowicz, Pawel 1995 births Living people Footballers from Olsztyn Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players S.L. Benfica B players VfL Bochum players Palermo FC players Hellas Verona FC players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Liga Portugal 2 players 2. Bundesliga players Serie A players Serie B players UEFA Euro 2020 players UEFA Euro 2024 players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Polish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Polish sportsmen