Dariusz Dudka

Dariusz Dudka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈdarjuʐ ˈdutka]; born 9 December 1983) is a Polish former professional footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder or full-back and also as a centre-back. He was most recently an assistant coach of Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.

Dariusz Dudka

Dudka playing for Poland
Personal information
Full name	Dariusz Dudka[1]
Date of birth	(1983-12-09) 9 December 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, defender
Youth career
	Celuloza Kostrzyn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2005	Amica Wronki	93	(0)
2005–2008	Wisła Kraków	77	(5)
2008–2012	Auxerre	110	(6)
2012–2013	Levante	3	(0)
2013	Birmingham City	2	(0)
2014–2015	Wisła Kraków	46	(0)
2014	Wisła Kraków II	1	(0)
2015–2017	Lech Poznań	9	(0)
2017–2019	Lech Poznań II	56	(10)
Total		397	(21)
International career
2004–2012	Poland	65	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Dudka began his career at hometown club Celuloza Kostrzyn, before moving to Amica Wronki. He made his debut for Amica Wronki in the Ekstraklasa on 4 April 2000. In 2005, he moved to Wisła Kraków, where he made 77 league appearances. In June 2008, he joined Ligue 1 side Auxerre. After four seasons he moved to Levante on a free transfer.

After a trial, Dudka signed a two-month contract with English Championship club Birmingham City on 31 October 2013.^[2] He made two appearances, the last on 7 December, was reportedly surprised at the pace of the game in the Championship, and left the club when his contract expired.^[3]

International career

Dudka represented Poland at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.

Coaching career

After retiring in 2019, Dudka joined Lech Poznań's academy staff.^[4] In 2020, he was appointed as assistant coach of Lech's first team, and went on to work under managers Dariusz Żuraw, Maciej Skorża, John van den Brom, Mariusz Rumak and Niels Frederiksen, focusing on set-pieces. Dudka left the club at the end of the 2024–25 season when his contract expired.^[5][6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7][8]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Amica Wronki	1999–2000	Ekstraklasa	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	3	0
	2000–01	Ekstraklasa	17	0	1	0	4	0	—		—		22	0
	2001–02	Ekstraklasa	23	0	6	0	1	0	—		—		30	0
	2002–03	Ekstraklasa	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2003–04	Ekstraklasa	23	0	4	0	—		—		—		27	0
	2004–05	Ekstraklasa	23	0	7	0	—		8[d]	0	—		38	0
	2005–06	Ekstraklasa	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		93	0	18	0	5	0	8	0	1	0	125	0
Wisła Kraków	2005–06	Ekstraklasa	29	1	4	0	—		4[e]	0	—		37	1
	2006–07	Ekstraklasa	28	3	2	0	2	0	7[d]	0	—		39	3
	2007–08	Ekstraklasa	20	1	4	0	4	0	—		—		28	1
	Total		77	5	10	0	6	0	11	0	—		104	5
Auxerre	2008–09	Ligue 1	28	1	1	0	2	0	—		—		31	1
	2009–10	Ligue 1	19	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
	2010–11	Ligue 1	29	3	1	0	3	1	5[f]	0	—		38	4
	2011–12	Ligue 1	34	2	2	2	0	0	—		—		36	4
	Total		110	6	5	2	6	1	5	0	—		126	9
Levante	2012–13	La Liga	3	0	1	0	—		2[g]	0	—		6	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	—		2	0	—		6	0
Birmingham City	2013–14	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Wisła Kraków	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	12	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	0
	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	34	0	1	0	—		—		—		35	0
	Total		46	0	1	0	—		—		—		47	0
Wisła Kraków II	2013–14	III liga, gr. H	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Lech Poznań	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	9	0	5	0	—		9[h]	0	1[c]	0	24	0
	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	0	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	Total		9	0	6	0	—		9	0	1	0	25	0
Lech Poznań II	2016–17	III liga, gr. II	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2017–18	III liga, gr. II	28	5	—		—		—		—		28	5
	2018–19	III liga, gr. II	25	5	—		—		—		—		25	5
	Total		56	10	—		—		—		—		56	10
Career total			397	21	41	2	17	1	36	0	2	0	493	24

1. Includes Polish Cup, Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
2. Includes Polish League Cup, Ekstraklasa Cup, Coupe de la Ligue
3. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
8. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2004	2	0
	2005	3	0
	2006	5	0
	2007	11	2
	2008	12	0
	2009	10	0
	2010	5	0
	2011	12	0
	2012	5	0
Total		65	2

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dudka goal.

List of international goals scored by Dariusz Dudka

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 February 2007	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Estonia	1–0	4–0	Friendly
2	24 March 2007	Warsaw, Poland	Azerbaijan	2–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Amica Wronki

• Polish Super Cup: 2000^[8]

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2007–08^[8]

Lech Poznań

• Polish Super Cup: 2015^[8]

Lech Poznań II

• III liga, group II: 2018–19^[9]