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Jan Kacper Bednarek is a Polish association football player born on April 12, 1996, in Słupca. He plays as a defender, specifically as a centre-back, and wears the number 5 shirt. His career began in 2013, and he has been associated with clubs including Lech Poznań, Górnik Łęczna, and FC Porto. He competes in the Premier League and represents Poland at the international level.
Bednarek has represented Poland in various competitions, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3. His youth international career includes stints with the Poland national under-17 and under-18 football teams. He speaks Polish and has a sibling named Filip Bednarek.
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Key facts
- 2010
- Poland U16
- 2017
- Poland
- 2025
- Porto
- Full name
- Jan Kacper Bednarek
- Date of birth
- ( 1996-04-12 ) 12 April 1996 (age 30)
- Place of birth
- Słupca , Poland
- Height
- 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Porto
- 0000 2011
- Sokół Kleczew
- 2011 2012
- MSP Szamotuły
- 2012 2013
- Lech Poznań
- Years
- Team
- 2013 2015
- Lech Poznań II
- 2013 2017
- Lech Poznań
- 2015 2016
- → Górnik Łęczna (loan)
- 2017 2025
- Southampton
- 2022 2023
- → Aston Villa (loan)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- FC Porto
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Poland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Słupca
- Sibling
- Filip Bednarek
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Poland men's national football team
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Poland
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Jan Bednarek 2018.jpg
- Height
- 190
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1996-04-12
- name in native language
- Jan Bednarek
- birth name
- Jan Kacper Bednarek
- Commons category
- Jan Bednarek
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- different from
- Jan Bednarek
- sport number
- 5
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jan Kacper Bednarek (born 12 April 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Poland national team.
Club career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jan Bednarek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.