PawelAbbott

Early career

Abbott was born in York, North Yorkshire, to a Polish mother and an English father as the younger of two children. He first played football for Beagle Boys in York before the team changed its name to York RI. He had the chance to play for Doncaster Rovers but declined the offer and moved to Poland, where he became a youth player at ŁKS Łódź, before moving back to England to join Preston North End at the age of 19. He did not have the best time at Preston making only 25 appearances in three years and having two loan spells at Bury.

Huddersfield Town

In early 2004, Abbott was signed on loan by Huddersfield Town as a makeshift replacement for Jon Stead who had just been sold to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers. He scored on his debut after coming off the bench against Bristol Rovers, going on to score four times in six games on loan. He was then bought for a fee of around £125,000. He would score only once more that season, but in 2004–05 became the first Town striker in six years to hit more than 20 goals as he struck 27 times in all competitions. The following season was less successful for Abbott. After an initial run of scoring in the season, including in six consecutive games in August and September, he suffered something of a goal-drought over the remainder of the campaign, being relegated to being a bit-part player from the bench following this loss of form. He scored a total of 14 times in 2005–06. In July 2006, Abbott rejected a move…

Abbott was eligible to represent both England and Poland at International level, and chose to represent Poland due to his mother. He made one appearance for the Poland national under-21 team, where he also scored his first international goal.

As of match played 19 July 2018.

Huddersfield Town

Football League Third Division play-offs: 2004 Zawisza Bydgoszcz

I liga: 2012–13 Polish Cup: 2013–14 Arka Gdynia

I liga: 2015–16 Polish Cup: 2016–17