Paweł Cibicki is a professional footballer who plays for Pogoń Szczecin. His preferred position is striker but he can also play as a winger. His parents were born in Poland. He represented Sweden U21s.
On 23 November 2012, Cibicki signed a first-team contract on a youth basis with Malmö FF. Cibicki made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in a home fixture against Gefle IF on 7 July2013. In total Cibicki played seven matches for the club during his first season, most of the matches coming on as a substitute for the attackers. On 1 July2014, Cibicki signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club. Previously in the summer of 2014 Cibicki had reached a verbal agreement with Dutch Eredivisie club FC Groningen, but he decided to stay at Malmö FF the day before the deal was about to be signed. Overall the 2014 season proved to be a breakthrough for Cibicki as he made 21 appearances for the club, scoring twice His first league goal was scored against Halmstads BK at home on 12 May 2014 in a 3–1 victory. Cibicki also made three appearances in the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, registering one assist in Malmö's 2–0 win over Olympiacos. During the 2016 season, Cibicki was loaned to Jönköpings Södra IF where he scored 10 goals in 26 matches and contributed to Jönköpings remaining in Allsvenskan. Whilst out on loan, in October 2016, he extended his contract with Malmö FF until the 2019 season and before the 2017 season he returned to Malmö, playing 20 times during the 2017 season, scoring five goals.
On 31 August, Leeds confirmed the signing of Cibicki on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for Leeds just over two weeks later on 19 September in the League Cup third round tie against Premier League side Burnley which Leeds won in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw. On 9 December, Cibicki made his league debut for the Whites against QPR at Loftus Road. Coming on as a substitute for the injured Caleb Ekuban, he marked his debut with an impressive display and provided an assist for Kemar Roofe to score his second goal of the match, Roofe eventually going on to score a hat-trick in Leeds' 3–1 win. Cibicki's second league appearance, a week later, saw another assist by the Swede from a free kick, which his former Malmö teammate Pontus Jansson converted, for a 1–0 win over Norwich.
On 3 July 2018, Cibicki joined Norwegian Eliteserien side Molde FK on loan until 31 December 2018, after being signed by Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He made his competitive debut for Molde on 26 July 2018, starting in the UEFA Europa League 3–0 home victory against KF Laçi. On 5 August 2018 he made his league debut, starting away to Lillestrøm in a game ending 2–2. On 12 August 2018, Cibicki got his first goal for Molde, scoring the club's second goal before setting up the third, in a 5–1 win over league leaders Brann. In total he made 18 appearances for Molde, with 5 of those coming in the UEFA Europa League, before returning to Leeds at the end of his loan spell on 31 December 2018.
On 11 January 2019, he joined IF Elfsborg on a 6 month loan with the option to buy. He scored his 1st goal for the club on 14 April in a 3–1 win over GIF Sundsvall, he started the season with 4 goals in his first 6 games for the club.
On 21 August 2019, he joined ADO Den Haag on a season-long loan deal.
Pogoń Szczecin
On 12 January 2020, Cibicki's loan to ADO Den Haag from Leeds United was cut short so he could complete a move to Polish Ekstraklasa side Pogoń Szczecin.
International career
Cibicki holds dual passports, from his country of birth, Sweden, and his parents' birth country Poland. In March 2013 he was called up by the Poland national under-19 team for two friendlies against Georgia. He played for 24 minutes after coming on as a substitute in the 3–1 win against Georgia in the first of two friendlies. In August 2016 he was called up to both Poland U21 and Sweden U21. Cibicki chose to play for his country of birth, Sweden. In June 2017, he played all three games for Sweden U21 in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship held at his parents' Poland.
