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Katarzyna Kiedrzynek (IPA: [kataˈʐɨna kʲɛdˈʐɨnɛk]; born 19 March 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain. She had a 15-year international career with the Poland women’s national team.
As a teenager, Katarzyna Kiedrzynek played handball and football, as a striker at first, then a goalkeeper. After the two sports could no longer be reconciled in terms of time, she decided to play football. From 2010 to the summer of 2013, she appeared for Górnik Łęczna in the Polish Ekstraliga. During this time, Kiedrzynek also became a national team player. For the 2013–14 season, she moved to the French first division club Paris Saint-Germain. Her coach Farid Benstiti had already become aware of her during his time as the Russian national coach during an international match against Poland. Her debut in the Ligaelf took place at the beginning of the second half of the season in December 2013 with a 9–0 win at bottom AS Muret. With Paris, she finished in 2014 – at that time in the hierarchy of goalkeepers only in third place – and 2015 behind Olympique Lyon in second place in Division 1 Féminine. In May 2014…
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