Dawid Bugaj

Dawid Bugaj
Bugaj with CF Montréal in 2025
Personal information
Full name Dawid Bugaj
Date of birth (2004-07-09) 9 July 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth Sosnowiec, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 27
Youth career
–2020 Molde FK
2020–2024 SPAL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Molde FK 2 1 (0)
2023–2024 SPAL 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 27 (0)
2024– CF Montréal 28 (0)
International career‡
2019 Poland U15 3 (1)
2019–2020 Poland U16 6 (1)
2022 Poland U18 2 (0)
2022–2023 Poland U19 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:04, 22 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2023

Dawid Bugaj (born 9 July 2004) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.

Career

Bugaj started playing football with the youth side of Molde FK. In 2019, Bugaj progressed to the Molde FK 2 team, and made his league debut in a match against Eidsvold TF. Despite the promise shown by Bugaj, he failed to make another appearance for the second team. In 2020, Bugaj had a trial with Borussia Dortmund, however no offer was made by Borussia and he joined SPAL on a permanent contract.

Upon joining SPAL, Bugaj was placed in the club's academy and played with the youth teams for the next three seasons. On 31 July 2023, he joined Polish second-tier club Lechia Gdańsk on loan for the 2023–24 season. Throughout the season, he helped the club win the league and gain automatic promotion back to the Ekstraklasa.

On 16 July 2024, Bugaj moved to Major League Soccer club CF Montréal on a two-and-a-half-year deal, with an option for another two years.

Personal life

He holds dual Polish and Norwegian citizenship.

His father, Radosław, was also a footballer. He spent 10 years playing in Poland, most notably with Zagłębie Sosnowiec where he played in the II liga, Poland's second division at the time. In 2007 when Dawid was 3, his father moved to Norway, settling down in the country after the conclusion of his playing career. His younger brother, Alex, is also a footballer.

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk

References

  1. ↑ UEFA.com. "Dawid Bugaj". UEFA. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dawid Bugaj". fotball.no.
  3. ↑ "Molde-talent har trent med Dortmund denne uka. Nå kan han ende opp i klubben permanent". aftenposten.no.
  4. ↑ "Spal, UFFICIALE: preso Bugaj". calciomercato.com.
  5. ↑ "Dawid Bugaj wypożyczony do Lechii Gdańsk". lechia.pl.
  6. 1 2 Ptak, Jakub (19 May 2024). "Lechia górą w derbach! Cieszą się w... Katowicach [WIDEO]". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). TVP. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Fattorini, Riccardo (28 May 2024). "Come è andata la stagione dei giocatori della SPAL ceduti in prestito (parte 2.3)". Lo Spallino (in Italian). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "CF Montréal acquires defender Dawid Bugaj". CF Montréal. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Radosław Bugaj". 90minut.pl.