Adrian Dawid Benedyczak (born 24 November 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa.
Youth career Benedyczak started playing football at Gryf Kamień Pomorski before joining Pogoń Szczecin in 2013.
Club career Pogoń Szczecin and Chrobry Głogów
Benedyczak first played for the reserve team of Pogoń and made it to the first team in 2017. He was loaned out to the I liga side Chrobry Głogów in 2019 for a season and the returned to Pogoń where he made a total of 40 league appearances and scored three goals.
Parma On 27 June 2021, Benedyczak joined Serie B side Parma on a four-year deal. He scored ten goals in 31 league appearances during Parma's title-winning 2023–24 season. On 29 May 2024, the club announced Benedyczak had extended his contract until June 2028. In 2024, he won promotion to Serie A with the team. In May 2025, Benedyczak recovered from an ankle injury, which ruled him out for almost four months playing a match.
On 3 February 2026, Benedyczak was loaned to Kasımpaşa in Turkey. He ended the season with ten goals in fourteen appearances and returned to Parma after it had concluded. He made 129 appearances in all competitions for Parma, scoring 29 goals.
Kasımpaşa On 28 July 2026, Benedyczak returned to Kasımpaşa on a permanent transfer, signing at the club's Kemerburgaz training ground. The fee was reported to be in the region of €5 million.
International career Youth teams Benedyczak represented Poland at multiple youth levels, ranging from under-17s to under-21s. He was part of the roster for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he appeared in all four games played by the hosts, scoring once in a 5–0 group stage win against Tahiti.
Senior team On 31 August 2023, he received his first senior team call-up for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Faroe Islands and Albania on 7 and 10 September 2023, but failed to make an appearance in either of them.
Career statistics
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPogoń Szczecin II2016–17III liga, gr. II20——202017–18III liga, gr. II101——1012018–19III liga, gr. II116——1162019–20III liga, gr. II64——642020–21III liga, gr. II43——43Total3314——3314Pogoń Szczecin2017–18Ekstraklasa3000—302018–19Ekstraklasa12010—1302020–21Ekstraklasa25330—283 Total40340—443Chrobry Głogów (loan)2019–20I liga19510—205Parma2021–22Serie B31610—3262022–23Serie B328312137102023–24Serie B311031—34112024–25Serie A9000—902025–26Serie A14131—172 Total117251032112929Kasımpaşa (loan)2025–26Süper Lig1410——1410Kasımpaşa2026–27Süper Lig1100—11Career total224581532124162
Honours Parma Serie B: 2023–24
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