Szymon Piotr Włodarczyk (born 5 January 2003) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...

Club career

On 1 December 2021, he scored his first goal for Legia Warsaw, in a 2–1

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away win against

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. On 25 May 2022, he moved on free transfer to

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 ...

, signing a three-year contract. On 7 July 2023, Austrian side

announced the signing of Włodarczyk on a four-year deal, for a fee exceeding €2 million. In his first

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, he scored nine goals in 40 appearances across all competitions, as Sturm reached the round of 16 of the

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, and won a domestic double for the first time since the 1998–99 season. On 27 August 2024, Włodarczyk joined

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in Italy on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.

Personal life

Włodarczyk is the son of

Piotr Włodarczyk Piotr Włodarczyk (; born 4 May 1977) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a former member of the Poland national team. He played a total of four games, scoring twice. Career Włodarczyk returned to Legia W ...

, a former Polish international and

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

forward.

Career statistics

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

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: 2019–20,

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Sturm Graz *

: 2023–24 *

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: 2023–24 Individual * Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Month: October 2022

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* * 2003 births Living people Footballers from Wałbrzych Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards III liga players Ekstraklasa players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Serie B players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players Bałtyk Gdynia players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players Górnik Zabrze players SK Sturm Graz players US Salernitana 1919 players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Polish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-2000s-stub