Rugby Town's all-time top goalscorer David Kolodynski has signed a new contract to keep him at Butlin Road for the 2017/18 season.
Despite the club facing relegation to Step 5, Kolodynski has committed to the project under returning manager Dave Stringer to bounce straight back.
Kolodynski perhaps enjoyed his best time at the club under Stringer in his first spell scoring 80 league goals in just 94 appearances from 2012-2014.
David finished as the top scorer for the fifth successive season for Rugby with 17 goals last term taking his total tally to 195 goals in 361 games for the club.
Already the club's all-time top scorer, Kolodynski is now just 29 appearances away from Rugby's all-time most appearances holder Danny Conway and will hope to break through that barrier in the 2017/18 season.
David returned to his hometown club in May 2015 after a short spell with Kettering Town where he won a Southern League Division One Central Championship medal after joining in November 2014.
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Last season was the seventh season in total that David Kolodynski topped the club's scoring charts |
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After a clinical second spell with Valley which saw 94 goals in just over two full seasons from October 2012, David moved to division rivals Kettering in November 2014 where he went on to win the league title.
'Kolo' made his name in the 2008/9 season in the Southern League Premier as he finished as the league's top scorer with
26 league
goals, after progressing
through the
youth ranks
at Town making
his debut
as a substitute
towards the
end of the
2005/06 season.
Scoring
on his full
debut in a
2-0 win over
Wealdstone,
David staked
his claims
for a first
team place
in January
2007 with
a run of three
goals in three
games and
ended the
2006/7 with
six league goals
and David
made an impact
mainly from
the bench
again in the
07/08 season.
After
a sustained
chance in
the first
team at the
start of the
08/09 season,
the return
of Tony Dobson
as manager
saw David
return to
goalscoring
form.
Kolo
netted his
first hat-trick
for the club
away to Merthyr
in November
2008 and then
repeated the
feat against
Clevedon Town
in the next
game - a landmark
achievement.
David
struggled
with injury
during a torrid
09/10 season
but still
managed nine
leagues goals
before joining
Cambridge
City in June
2010 which preceeded spells with Hinckley United and Leamington before returning to Rugby in October 2012 from Bedworth United after over two seasons away from Butlin Road.
Kolodynski netted 35 goals in the 2012/3 season on his return and became the club's record Southern League goalscorer in October 2013 before breaking more records in the 2013/4 season tipping over the 100 league goal mark and becoming the club's all-time senior record scorer after with a 39-goal season.
Rugby
Town
League
Career
(2006
to 2010, 2012 to 2014, 2015 to current) |
Season |
Apps |
Gls |
Notes |
2005/6 |
0
(1) |
0 |
Makes
debut
as substitute. |
2006/7 |
4
(21) |
6 |
Plays
part
in season
but
mainly
from
the
bench. |
2007/8 |
6
(24) |
3 |
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2008/9 |
36
(5) |
26 |
Top
scorer
in SL
Premier
Division.
Vice
President's
Player
of the
Season. Top scorer. |
2009/0 |
30
(2) |
9 |
Cambridge City signed David at end of the season for an undisclosed fee. Top scorer. |
2012/3 |
38 (0) |
34 |
Rejoins club from Bedworth in October 2012. Top scorer. |
2013/4 |
39 (2) |
36 |
Reaches 100 goal landmark. Becomes club's all time senior top scorer. Win's Rugby's Sportsman of Year. Top Scorer in SL Central Divison. |
2014/5 |
17 (0) |
10 |
Leaves club to join division rivals Kettering Town in November 2014. Top scorer. |
2015/6 |
36 (4) |
23 |
Rejoins Rugby for third spell in June 2015. Top scorer. |
2016/7 |
36 (1) |
16 |
Top scorer. Most appearances |
Career |
242 (60) |
163 |
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