Thiago Cionek

Thiago Cionek
Cionek in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thiago Rangel Cionek
Date of birth (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 S.P.A.L.
Number 4
Youth career
Vila Hauer EC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Cuiabá
2006–2007 Bragança 2 (1)
2007–2008 CRB 1 (0)
2008–2012 Jagiellonia Białystok 91 (3)
2012–2014 Padova 31 (0)
2013–2014 → Modena (loan) 33 (1)
2014–2016 Modena 51 (1)
2016–2018 Palermo 50 (1)
2018– S.P.A.L. 16 (1)
National team‡
2014– Poland 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2018

Thiago Rangel Cionek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtjaɡɔ ˈtɕɔnɛk], Portuguese: [tʃiˈagu ˈtʃonek]; born 21 April 1986) is a Brazilian-born Polish footballer who plays as a central defender for Italian club S.P.A.L. and the Polish national team.

Club career

Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Cionek began his career with local Cuiabá Esporte Clube. He moved to Europe for a brief spell at Portugal's GD Bragança before returning to Brazil with Clube de Regatas Brasil.

In 2008, Cionek went back to Europe, playing four seasons with Jagiellonia Białystok in his ancestral Poland. The team won the 2009–10 Polish Cup and the 2010 Polish SuperCup.

He then had a year in the Italian Serie B with Padova Calcio, before signing for another club from the same division, Modena FC on 2 September 2013.[2] On 11 January 2016, he joined his third Italian club, US Città di Palermo of Serie A.[3]

International career

While having been born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil, Cionek's family is of Polish descent and he therefore applied for Polish citizenship, which he received in October 2011. Cionek made his international debut for Poland on 13 May 2014, starting in a goalless friendly draw against Germany in Hamburg.[4] Cionek then was called up by Poland's national team to play in the 2016 European Championship in France.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5] On 19 June 2018, in Poland's initial World Cup match against Senegal, Cionek was responsible for an own goal in what up to that point had been a 0-0 draw. His own goal gave Senegal a 1-0 lead.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 August 2018[7][8]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jagiellonia Białystok 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 1217[lower-alpha 1]1–192
2009–10 27150–321
2010–11 2104[lower-alpha 2]010260
2011–12 2911020321
2012–13 2000–20
Total913171301114
Padova 2012–13 Serie B 30000–300
2013–14 1020–30
Total31020–330
Modena 2013–14 Serie B 33100–331
2014–15 36130–391
2015–16 15020–170
Total84250–892
Palermo 2015–16 Serie A 5000–50
2016–17 29010–300
2017–18 Serie B 16120–181
Total50130–531
S.P.A.L. 2017–18 Serie A 15100–151
2018–19 1010–20
Total16110–171
Career total 2727281303038
  1. ↑ Five appearances in Ekstraklasa Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in Polish SuperCup

    International

    As of 19 June 2018[8]
    Poland
    YearAppsGoals
    201420
    201520
    201660
    201760
    201840
    Total200

    Honours

    Jagiellonia Białystok

    References

    1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
    2. ↑ "THIAGO RANGEL CIONEK AL MODENA, FILIPPO CARINI AL PADOVA" [THIAGO RANGEL CIONEK TO MODENA, FILIPPO CARINI TO PADOVA] (in Italian). Modena FC. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
    3. ↑ "Calciomercato Palermo,dal Modena preso Cionek" [Palermo transfer market, Cionek taken from Modena] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
    4. ↑ "Germany 0-0 Poland". European Football. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
    5. ↑ "World Cup 2018: Poland announce preliminary 35-man squad". Talksport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
    6. ↑ Barclay, Tom (19 June 2018). "POLE AXED Poland 1 Senegal 2: Thiago Cionek own goal and M'Baye Niang strike sinks the hopeless Poles in Moscow". The Sun. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
    7. ↑ "Thiago Cionek". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
    8. 1 2 "Thiago Cionek". 90minut. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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