Kacper Kozłowski (footballer)

Kacper Szymon Kozłowski (born 16 October 2003) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantep.

Club career
Kozłowski started his career with Pogoń Szczecin. In January 2022, he transferred to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion where he was immediately loaned to Brighton's sister club Union SG of Belgian First Division A for the rest of the season.

In August 2022, Kozłowski joined Vitesse in the Netherlands on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.

On 18 July 2023, he rejoined Vitesse on another season-long loan spell.

International career
In June 2021, Kozłowski featured for Poland at UEFA Euro 2020 in a 1–1 draw with Spain, to become the youngest player of any nationality to play at a European Championship, aged 17 years and 246 days, breaking the previous record of Jude Bellingham, who himself had broken the same record only six days prior. He kept the record until 2024, when Lamine Yamal debuted at the European Championship at 16 years and 338 days.

Kozłowski was named in the provisional squad for Poland for the 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign, but he was not included in the final 26-man squad.

Personal life
On 10 January 2020, Kozłowski suffered a traffic accident that almost ended his football career.

Honours
Individual
 * Polish Newcomer of the Year: 2021
 * Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Month: December 2020