Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jakub Piotr Kiwior[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Tychy, Poland | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2007 | PUKKS Chrzciciel Tychy | ||
2007–2012 | UKS Grom Tychy | ||
2012–2016 | GKS Tychy | ||
2016–2018 | Anderlecht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Železiarne Podbrezová | 16 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Žilina B | 7 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Žilina | 46 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Spezia | 39 | (0) |
2023– | Arsenal | 35 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Poland U16 | 4 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Poland U17 | 4 | (0) |
2017 | Poland U18 | 4 | (1) |
2018 | Poland U19 | 10 | (1) |
2019 | Poland U20 | 6 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Poland U21 | 15 | (1) |
2022– | Poland | 31 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:57, 8 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:14, 18 November 2024 (UTC) |
Jakub Piotr Kiwior (born 15 February 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a left-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Poland national team.
Kiwior made his professional debut in 2018 for Slovak side FK Železiarne Podbrezová, before moving to MŠK Žilina in 2019 and Spezia Calcio in 2021. In January 2023, after making 39 appearances for Spezia, he transferred to Premier League club Arsenal F.C. in a deal reported to be worth £20m.[3]
Kiwior has represented Poland for all youth levels U16 and up, and made his international debut on 11 June 2022. He was selected in the Polish squads for the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024, starting in all matches in both tournaments.