Michael Gardawski

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Michael Gardawski

| image = Michael Gardawski 2013 3.jpg

| caption = Gardawski in 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|9|25}}

| birth_place = Cologne, Germany

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Left midfielder, left-back

| currentclub = Eintracht Hohkeppel

| clubnumber = 29

| youthyears1 = 1999–2001

| youthclubs1 = SC Köln Weiler-Volkhoven

| youthyears2 = 2001–2008

| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Köln

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln II

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2009–2011

| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = → Carl Zeiss Jena (loan)

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2010–2011

| clubs4 = → VfB Stuttgart II (loan)

| caps4 = 28

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = VfL Osnabrück

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012–2013

| clubs6 = Viktoria Köln

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2013–2015

| clubs7 = MSV Duisburg

| caps7 = 53

| goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2015–2017

| clubs8 = Hansa Rostock

| caps8 = 67

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2017–2020

| clubs9 = Korona Kielce

| caps9 = 75

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2020–2021

| clubs10 = Cracovia

| caps10 = 5

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2021

| clubs11 = Cracovia II

| caps11 = 2

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2021–2022

| clubs12 = PAS Giannina

| caps12 = 21

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2022–2023

| clubs13 = Asteras Tripolis

| caps13 = 21

| goals13 = 1

| years14 = 2023–2024

| clubs14 = Ionikos

| caps14 = 18

| goals14 = 1

| years15 = 2024–

| clubs15 = Eintracht Hohkeppel

| caps15 = 8

| goals15 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006

| nationalteam1 = Germany U16

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 20:17, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Michael Gardawski ({{langx|pl|Michał Gardawski}}; born 25 September 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Regionalliga club Eintracht Hohkeppel.{{WorldFootball.net|michael-gardawski}}

Club career

Gardawski began his 1999 career with SC Köln Weiler-Volkhovenand in the summer of 2001,[http://www.fussballtalente.net/index.php?view=article&catid=34:interviews&id=107:michael-gardawski-qder-charakter-muss-stimmenq&option=com_content&Itemid=53 Michael Gardawski: "Der Charakter muss stimmen"] before he joined 1. FC Köln's youth-team.[https://www.kicker.de/michael-gardawski/spieler/3-liga/2009-10/carl-zeiss-jena Michael Gardawski – FC Carl Zeiss Jena – Kicker.de] In the summer of 2008, he was promoted to the reserve team and played six games, before he was promoted to the Fußball-Bundesliga team in 2009.[http://www.reviersport.de/107451---jena-gardawski-kommt-aus-koeln.html Gardawski kommt aus Köln] On 2 February 2010, he left Köln after eight and a half years to sign a half year loan deal with FC Carl Zeiss Jena.[https://www.kicker.de/carl-zeiss-holt-gardawski-520409/artikel Carl Zeiss holt Gardawski] He gave his professional debut on 6 February 2010 against FC Erzgebirge Aue.[https://www.kicker.de/jena-gegen-aue-2010-liga-939001/analyse Sieg im Ost-Derby geht an Jena]

In July 2010 he was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart II until the end of the season.{{cite web | url=http://www.neblung.net/12.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=197&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9 | title=Michael Gardawski moves to VfB Stuttgart II | accessdate=29 June 2010 | date=29 June 2010 | publisher=neblung sportsnetwork | language=German}}

On 1 July 2011 Gardawski moved to VfL Osnabrück.{{cite web | url=http://www.vfl.de/news/news/article/michael-gardawski-kommt-zum-vfl.html | title=Michael Gardawski kommt zum VfL | accessdate=27 January 2012 | date=30 June 2011 | publisher=VfL Osnabrück | language=German | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803120520/http://www.vfl.de/news/news/article/michael-gardawski-kommt-zum-vfl.html | archive-date=3 August 2011 | url-status=dead }}

In 2013, he joined MSV Duisburg.

He was signed by Hansa Rostock in 2015.{{cite web|title=Zehnter Neuzugang: F.C. Hansa Rostock verpflichtet Michael Gardawski|language=German|date=17 July 2015|publisher=fc-hansa.de|url=http://www.fc-hansa.de/news/zehnter-neuzugang-fc-hansa-rostock-verpflichtet-michael-gardawski.html}}

On 8 July 2017, he signed a contract with Korona Kielce.{{cite web |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/278/news2789654-Nowi-zawodnicy-w-Koronie.html |title=Nowi zawodnicy w Koronie |publisher=90minut |date=8 July 2017 |accessdate=8 July 2017 |language=Polish}}

On 20 July 2020, he moved to Cracovia.{{cite web|publisher=Cracovia|url=https://cracovia.pl/aktualnosci/cracovia/michael-gardawski-pierwszym-letnim-transferem-pasow/|title=MICHAEL GARDAWSKI PIERWSZYM LETNIM TRANSFEREM PASÓW!|date=20 July 2020|language=Polish}}

On 30 July 2021, he signed a contract with PAS Giannina.{{Cite web|date=30 July 2021|title=WELCOME MICHAEL|url=https://pasgiannina.gr/transfer/welcome-gardawski/}}

International career

Gardawski was a member of the Germany U16 national team.[http://www.fc-carlzeiss-jena.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=7458&type=&menuid=74&topmenu=301 FCC verstärkt sich im Offensivbereich]