Piotr Zieliński

Piotr Zieliński
Zieliński playing for Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Piotr Sebastian Zieliński
Date of birth (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994
Place of birth Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 20
Youth career
2003–2007 Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie
2007–2011 Zagłębie Lubin
2011–2012 Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Udinese 19 (0)
2014–2016 → Empoli (loan) 63 (5)
2016– Napoli 74 (11)
National team‡
2009 Poland U15 5 (1)
2009–2010 Poland U16 6 (0)
2010–2011 Poland U17 10 (1)
2012 Poland U18 5 (1)
2011–2012 Poland U19 15 (5)
2012–2013 Poland U21 3 (1)
2013– Poland 37 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:45, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Piotr Sebastian Zieliński (Polish pronunciation: [pjɔtr ʑɛˈliɲski] ( listen); born 20 May 1994) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian team Napoli. During his football career he played for such clubs as Zagłębie Lubin, Udinese, and Empoli. He was selected to play in Poland national football team at the 2016 UEFA European Championships in France as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

He has two brothers who are also professional footballers – Paweł and Tomasz Zieliński.

Club career

Early career

Zieliński started his career at his local club, Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie, where he was coached by his father.[2] At the age of 14, he joined Zagłębie Lubin, even though he was wanted by Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool and also had trials at Feyenoord and Hereenveen.[2] He rose through the ranks and started training with the first team at the age of 15, under Franciszek Smuda.[2]

At 17 he moved abroad to join Udinese Calcio after they scouted him on international youth tournament.[2]

Udinese

He made his debut in Serie A on 2 November 2012 when he replaced Antonio Di Natale in 91st minute of a match against Cagliari.[3]

Empoli (loan)

In 2014, he joined Empoli on loan. He scored on his debut.

Napoli

On 4 August 2016, after months of transfer speculation, Zieliński moved from Udinese to Napoli for a reported €16 million.[4]

International career

On 4 June 2013, Zieliński made his senior international debut for Poland in a friendly match against Liechtenstein.[5]

In May 2018 he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 August 2018[7]
Club Season League League Domestic Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Udinese 2012–13 Serie A 90000090
2013–14 1000010110
Total 1900010200
Empoli 2014–15 Serie A 28020–300
2015–16 35510–365
Total 63530–665
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 3654170476
2017–18 3642093477
2018–19 22000022
Total 7411611639615
Career total 156169117318220

International

As of 7 September 2018[8]
Poland
YearAppsGoals
201373
201410
201530
2016100
201780
201883
Total376

International goals

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[8]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 August 2013PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Denmark
3–2
3–2
Friendly
2.10 September 2013Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino
1–0
5–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.
4–1
4.27 March 2018Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland South Korea
3–2
3–2
Friendly
5.8 June 2018Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland Chile
2–0
2–2
6.7 September 2018Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy Italy
1–0
1–1
2018–19 UEFA Nations League A

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Skąd się wziął w Udinese Piotr Zieliński?" [How did Zielinski came to Udinese?] (in Polish). Weszło!. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Debiut Piotra Zielińskiego w Serie A" [Piotr Zieliński debuts in Serie A] (in Polish). Interia. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Official: Zielinski joins Napoli". Football Italia. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Skromna wygrana na pożegnanie Dudka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl.
  6. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  7. ↑ "Piotr Zieliński". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Zieliński, Piotr". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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