Timothée Kolodziejczak

Timothée Christian Kolodziejczak (born 1 October 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Paris FC.

He can play as either a centre or left-back.

Kolodziejczak is a French youth international and has competed at all levels.

Kolodziejczak was born on 1 October 1991 in Arras, France, to a Polish father and a Martiniquais mother.

Kolodziejczak began his career at the age of seven playing for local club US Saint-Maurice Loos-en-Gohelle.

In July 1999, he moved to hometown club Avion where he spent a year.

In June 2000, Kolodziejczak joined the professional club of Lens.

While in the club's youth academy, he trained alongside youth and international teammate Gaël Kakuta at the Centre de Préformation de Football in nearby Liévin, a training center exclusively for players brought up in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.

He spent two years at the center training there during the weekdays and playing with Lens on the weekends.

One of his trainers at the facility was former Polish international Joachim Marx.

After graduating from the club's youth academy, he was offered a five-year professional contract as Lens were attempting to tie down the defender who was being scouted by several prominent European clubs, most notably Manchester United.

Kolodziejczak turned down the offer with hopes of signing elsewhere stating he had no confidence in the club.

Following negotiations, it was announced on 21 August 2008 that Kolodziejczak agreed to join seven-time Ligue 1 champions Lyon on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal with Lens demanding at least €3 million in compensation for the player.

Upon his arrival to the club, Kolodziejczak was given the number 12 shirt on the first-team.

However, due to signing late in the transfer window, he missed Lyon's entire pre-season campaign and was placed on the club's Championnat de France Amateur team in the fourth division by manager Claude Puel.

He made his reserve debut on 13 September 2008 in the derby match against Saint-Étienne's reserve team.

The match resulted in a 2–1 victory with Kolodziejczak playing the entire match picking up a yellow card.

Two months later, Kolodziejczak was called up to the first team for a league match against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on 23 November 2008 to serve as the backup left back.

For the 2009–10 season, Kolodziejczak's playing time was limited.

On 29 September 2009, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in the team's 4–0 victory over Hungarian club Debrecen appearing as a substitute for starting left back Aly Cissokho.

Four days later, Kolodziejczak made another substitute appearance in a 2–0 win against his former club Lens.

On 21 November, he made his first professional start playing 76 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Grenoble.

He played on the under-19 team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Due to the difficulty of pronouncing his surname, he is a commonly referred to as Kolo.

In the match, he made his professional debut coming on as a substitute for the severely injured Anthony Réveillère in the 11th minute.

Lyon lost the match 1–0 with Kolodziejczak being penalized with a yellow card late in the second half.

Following the season, Lyon signed Kolodziejczak on a permanent deal with the player agreeing to a four-year deal and the transfer fee being priced at €2.5 million.

In the summer of 2012, Kolodziejczak moved to fellow Ligue 1 club Nice on a four-year contract.

Kolodziejczak joined Sevilla on 27 August 2014, signing a three-year contract on a transfer fee of €3 million.

On 18 September he made his first appearance, as the club defeated Feyenoord 2–0 in the UEFA Europa League.

He debuted in La Liga six days later, playing the entirety of a 1–0 home win against Real Sociedad.

On 2 October, he was shown a straight red card in a Europa League match at HNK Rijeka for conceding a penalty on Andrej Kramarić.

This was converted for the first equaliser in an eventual 2–2 draw.

He scored his first goal on 29 October, opening a 6–1 win at CE Sabadell in the first leg of the Copa del Rey round of 32.

He made nine appearances as they won the Europa League in his first season, including the 3–2 win over Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the final in Warsaw.

On 4 January 2017, Kolodziejczak signed for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

On 4 September 2017, Kolodziejczak joined Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

In August 2018, Kolodziejczak joined Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne on loan with an option to buy.

On 22 August 2019, Kolodziejczak was loaned again at Saint-Étienne for another season.

Saint-Étienne exercised their option to purchase Kolodziejczak in the summer of 2020 for €4.5m.