Karol Swiderski (born 23 January 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League Greece club PAOK and the Poland national football team.
Club Career
Jagiellonia Bialystok
Swiderski began his career in the youth academy of Rawia Rawicz. From 2012 to 2014, he was in the sports school of UKS SMS Lodz. Then, in 2014, he went on to play for Ekstraklasa side Jagiellonia Bialystok, playing at first in their III Liga team and their youth academy. He eventually started playing exclusively in their first team in the 2016–17 season.
Swiderski was only 17 when he made his debut in the Ekstraklasa for Jagiellonia on 23 August 2014, in a 3–1 loss against Slask Wroclaw. On 3 June 2015, in an away match, he scored his first professional goal against Pogon Szczecin in the 80th minute, in a 3–1 win.
Swiderski's UEFA debut came on 2 July 2015, where he scored and won the game for Jagiellonia in a 1–0 win against Kruoja Pakruojis. He also played in the reverse leg, which Jagiellonia won 8–0 and scored in the 4th minute.
PAOK
On 20 January 2019, PAOK have confirmed the signing of Swiderski, penning a 3.5-year contract with the Polish forward on a €2 million transfer fee. He debuted for the club on 27 January 2019, being subbed in the 81st minute for Omar El Kaddouri. On 30 January 2019, Swiderski's first goal came in the 87th minute, after coming off the bench for Dimitris Limnios. On 18 February 2019, Swiderski scored as a substitute in a 5–1 away win against Apollon Smyrni. On 10 March 2019, he scored in a 3–0 home win against Atromitos. On 21 April 2019, he scored the final goal in a 5–0 defeat of Levadiakos that confirmed PAOKs first league title for 34 years.
On 25 August 2019, he scored his first goal of the 2019–20 season with a header, opening the score, in a 2–1 home win game against Panetolikos, and a week later, he scored again in a 2–1 home win against Panionios. On 29 August, he scored a
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