Szymon Żurkowski

Szymon Żurkowski (born 25 September 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in Italy for Empoli on loan from Fiorentina and the Polish Under 21 national team.

Szymon Żurkowski
Personal information
Full name Szymon Żurkowski
Date of birth (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997
Place of birth Tychy, Silesia, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 10
Youth career
MOSiR Jastrzebie Zdroj
2012–2014 Gwarek Zabrze
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Gwarek Zabrze 30 (7)
2016–2019 Górnik Zabrze 58 (5)
2019– Fiorentina 2 (0)
2019 → Górnik Zabrze (loan) 16 (1)
2020– → Empoli (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2017– Poland U21 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:10, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

In 2016 Żurkowski signed for Górnik Zabrze.

On the 28th of January 2019, Żurkowski signed for Fiorentina a contract until 30 June 2023.[1] He stayed at Górnik Zabrze on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[2]

On 30 January 2020, he joined Empoli on loan.[3]

International career

Under 21 team
Main article: Poland national under-21 football team

During the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, from September 2017 to March 2018, Żurkowski played five of the six group games, scoring one goal. Poland sit top of Group 3 with four games to follow.

Senior team
Main article: Poland national football team

In May 2018, Żurkowski was named in the 35-man provisional squad for Poland for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, however, was not included in the 23-man squad.[4][5]

References
  1. Fiorentina, A. C. F. (2019-01-28). "Szymon Zurkowski è viola Tutti i dettagli https://bit.ly/2Bag5wm #NoiSiamoFirenze #InsiemeSiamoPiùFortipic.twitter.com/DMIIz9Imcd". @acffiorentina (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-01-28. External link in |title= (help)
  2. "UFFICIALE: Fiorentina, preso Szymon Zurkowski dal Gornik Zabrze" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. "Szymon Żurkowski è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli" (Press release) (in Italian). Empoli. 30 January 2020.
  4. "Szeroki skład rerpezentacji Polski na mistrzostwa świata 2018". PZPN (in Polish). 11 May 2018.
  5. "Lewandowski, Serie A contingent lead 35-man provisional Poland squad". The Score. May 2018.
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