Dawid Bugaj
Polish footballer (born 2004)
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Dawid Bugaj (born 9 July 2004)[1] is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.
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Bugaj with CF Montréal in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dawid Bugaj | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 2004 | ||
| 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:04, 22 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2023 | |||
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.[2] 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,[3] however no offer was made by Borussia and he joined SPAL on a permanent contract.[4]
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.[5] Throughout the season, he helped the club win the league and gain automatic promotion back to the Ekstraklasa.[6][7]
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.[8]
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.[9] 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, currently playing with Wisła Kraków II.