Piotr Zieliński

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Piotr Zieliński
Zieliński playing for Napoli in 2019
Personal information
Full name Piotr Sebastian Zieliński[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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)
2014–2016Empoli (loan) 63 (5)
2016– Napoli 277 (36)
International career
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 86 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023

Piotr Sebastian Zieliński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpjɔtr ʑɛˈlij̃skʲi] ; born 20 May 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Poland national team. During his senior career he has also played for Udinese and Empoli.

Zieliński was selected to represent Poland at UEFA Euro 2016 in France, as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the pan-European UEFA Euro 2020, and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. 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 Heerenveen.[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 after they scouted him on international youth tournament.[2]

Udinese

Zieliński 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, Zieliński joined

Empoli on loan.[4]

Napoli

Piotr Zieliński (right) in a UEFA Champions League match against Red Bull Salzburg, 2019.

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

Salernitana and Napoli, scoring the only goal of the game, but with 32 goals he also became the second best Polish goal-scorer in Serie A's history (behind Arkadiusz Milik), beating Zbigniew Boniek's record.[7] On 17 February 2022, he scored a goal for Napoli in a Europa League match against Barcelona which ended in a 1–1 draw.[8] On 7 September 2022, he scored two goals and had one assist in a Champions League match against Liverpool, which concluded in a 4–1 victory for Napoli.[9]

International career

Zieliński at the 2018 FIFA World Cup playing against Japan.

On 4 June 2013, Zieliński made his senior international debut for the Poland national team in a friendly match against Liechtenstein.[10]

In May 2018, he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[11]

Personal life

His older brothers Tomasz and

University of Naples in an effort to obtain Italian citizenship.[15] On 6 October 2023, Zieliński formally became an Italian citizen.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 March 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Udinese 2012–13 Serie A 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2013–14 Serie A 10 0 0 0 1[a] 0 11 0
Total 19 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
Empoli (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 28 0 2 0 30 0
2015–16 Serie A 35 5 1 0 36 5
Total 63 5 3 0 66 5
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 36 5 4 1 7[b] 0 47 6
2017–18 Serie A 36 4 2 0 9[c] 3 47 7
2018–19 Serie A 36 6 1 0 12[d] 1 49 7
2019–20 Serie A 37 2 5 0 7[b] 0 49 2
2020–21 Serie A 36 8 4 0 6[a] 2 1[e] 0 47 10
2021–22 Serie A 35 6 0 0 7[a] 2 42 8
2022–23 Serie A 37 3 1 0 10[b] 4 48 7
2023–24 Serie A 24 2 0 0 6[b] 1 1[e] 0 31 3
Total 277 36 17 1 64 13 2 0 360 50
Career total 359 41 20 1 65 13 2 0 446 55
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

As of match played 15 October 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2013 7 3
2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 10 0
2017 8 0
2018 12 3
2019 10 0
2020 5 0
2021 10 1
2022 12 3
2023 8 0
Total 86 10
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zieliński goal.
List of international goals scored by Piotr Zieliński[18]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 August 2013 Stadion Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland  Denmark 3–2 3–2
Friendly
2 10 September 2013
Serravalle
, San Marino
 San Marino 1–0 5–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 4–1
4 27 March 2018 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland  South Korea 3–2 3–2 Friendly
5 8 June 2018 Stadion Poznań, Poznań, Poland  Chile 2–0 2–2 Friendly
6 7 September 2018 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy  Italy 1–0 1–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
7 8 June 2021 Stadion Poznań, Poznań, Poland  Iceland 1–1 2–2 Friendly
8 29 March 2022 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland  Sweden 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 11 June 2022 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 2–0 2–2 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
10 26 November 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Saudi Arabia 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Napoli

Poland U21

  • Four Nations Tournament: 2014–15[21]

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "Empoli, dall'Udinese Zielinski in prestito". www.tuttosport.com (in Italian). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Official: Zielinski joins Napoli". Football Italia. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Le pagelle di Napoli-Inter: Zielinski dominatore, Perisic non pervenuto". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Gol Zielińskiego! Polak wyprzedził legendę [WIDEO]" (in Polish). 31 October 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Barcelona 1 1 Napoli". Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Liverpool thrashed by Napoli in Champions League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Skromna wygrana na pożegnanie Dudka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl.
  11. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Zielińscy. Rodzina, która zawsze pomoże". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 12 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Kolejny ślub polskiego piłkarza! Piotr Zieliński powiedział "tak" Laurze Słowiak". 15 June 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Piotr Zieliński został ojcem. Pokazał pierwsze zdjęcia dziecka". Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Piotr Zieliński ubiega się o włoskie obywatelstwo" (in Polish). 27 February 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Zielinski ha ottenuto la cittadinanza italiana" (in Italian). RAI News. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Piotr Zieliński". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  18. ^ a b "Zieliński, Piotr". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  19. ^ "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Turniej Czterech Narodów U-21: Niemcy 1-2 Polska. Polska zwycięzcą rozgrywek" [Four Nations Tournament U-21: Germany 1-2 Poland. Poland is the winner of the competition]. 90minut.pl (in Polish). 27 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  22. ^ "Lewandowski zdetronizowany. Oto najlepszy polski piłkarz 2023!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

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