Grzegorz Krychowiak

Grzegorz Krychowiak
Krychowiak playing for Krasnodar in 2021
Personal information
Full name Grzegorz Krychowiak
Date of birth (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990
Place of birth Gryfice, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Orzeł Mrzeżyno
Żaki 94 Kołobrzeg
2004 Stal Szczecin
2005–2006 Arka Gdynia
2006–2008 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Bordeaux 2 (0)
2009–2011Reims (loan) 54 (4)
2011–2012Nantes (loan) 21 (0)
2012–2014 Reims 70 (8)
2014–2016 Sevilla 58 (2)
2016–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 11 (0)
2017–2018West Bromwich Albion (loan) 27 (0)
2018–2019Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 27 (2)
2019–2021 Lokomotiv Moscow 53 (18)
2021–2023 Krasnodar 14 (4)
2022AEK Athens (loan) 9 (2)
2022–2023Al-Shabab (loan) 30 (3)
2023–2024 Abha 33 (9)
2024–2025 Anorthosis Famagusta 20 (2)
2025 Mazur Radzymin 3 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Poland U17 5 (0)
2007–2011 Poland U20 7 (1)
2009–2012 Poland U21 11 (3)
2008–2023 Poland 100 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:00, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Grzegorz Krychowiak ([ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ krɨˈxɔvʲjak] ; born 29 January 1990) is a Polish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Beginning his senior career in France with Bordeaux, Krychowiak later played for Reims, before joining Sevilla for €3.5 million in 2014, winning the UEFA Europa League in both of his two seasons at the club.

Krychowiak earned 100 caps for Poland national team between his international debut in 2008 to 2023, and represented the nation at two UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020) and two FIFA World Cups (2018 and 2022).