Dawid Kownacki

Executive Summary

Dawid Igor Kownacki is a Polish centre-forward born on 14 March 1997. He is without a club after SV Werder Bremen and the player mutually terminated his contract on 30 September 2026. The termination followed a turbulent 2025/2026 campaign in the 2. Bundesliga where he featured intermittently for Werder.

Playing Style and Key Attributes

Kownacki is listed as a centre-forward and right-footed. He stands at 186 cm. In the 2025/2026 2. Discipline records for that spell show 1 yellow card and 1 red card. Recent appearances were mostly from the bench, with minutes ranging from 5 to 85 across April and March fixtures.

Career and Recent Context

Kownacki started at GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski and joined Lech Poznań in 2005, coming through the youth ranks to the first team in December 2013. He broke through in Ekstraklasa in 2014 and won a league title with Lech. In November 2017 he moved to UC Sampdoria for a fee of €4m. He then joined Fortuna Düsseldorf in January 2019 for €1.2m, returned to Sampdoria in December 2019, and went back to Fortuna Düsseldorf in January 2020 for €6.8m. After a loan spell back at Lech Poznań in February 2022 he rejoined Fortuna Düsseldorf in June 2022. He signed for Werder Bremen in January 2023, was loaned back to Fortuna Düsseldorf in August 2024 for €700k, returned to Werder in June 2025, moved to Hertha BSC in July 2025 for €500k, and came back to Werder Bremen in June 2026. The club confirmed 22 competitive appearances for Werder across his spells.

Transfers and Outlook

A year ago the value was €2.5m. No club is listed at present and no release clause is on record.