A traffic accident almost removed the youngest from the European Championship

In order to Kacper kozlowski (10-16-2003, Poland) The match against Spain last Saturday was a dream come true. The Pogon player became the most soccer player to debut in a European Championship with 17 years and 246 days, surpassing the record that English Jude Bellingham had broken days before. A record that can be the first step for a differential footballer, about which there are many expectations in Poland.

But it has not been a bed of roses for the Polish midfielder. ORA traffic accident was about to leave him without the dream of being a footballer. He almost had to leave football due to the consequences suffered. Kozlowski, along with three friends, collided with their car against another vehicle. The footballer broke three vertebrae and had to fight for six months to recover. They were not easy moments, in which his mother had to go live with him at the facilities of his club to take care of him. But once recovered, the midfielder has had a magnificent 2020-2021 season. In March, Paulo Sousa gave him the alternative with the selection against Andorra. The Portuguese coach has full confidence in him that is why he did not hesitate to make him jump onto the field against the Spanish National Team.

Always used to playing against older players, for something he is the second youngest footballer to debut in the Polish first division, in Poland they rub their hands for their great future. “He is a great boy. We call him thinking about the future, but I hope that he will also play a positive role in the present,” said Paulo Sousa in the days before the European Championship. Not for less, because Kozlowski only thinks about playing the ball: “Soccer is my girlfriend.” The best example of his maturity and personality, despite being only 17 years old.