Thiago Cionek

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Thiago Cionek
Cionek in 2015
Personal information
Full name Thiago Rangel Cionek[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)
Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Avellino
Number 26
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)
2018–2020
SPAL
74 (1)
2020–2023
Reggina
88 (1)
2023– Avellino 27 (1)
International career
2014–2018 Poland 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:58, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thiago Rangel Cionek (Polish pronunciation:

centre-back for Italian Serie C Group C club Avellino. Born in Brazil, he played for the Poland national team
.

Club career

Cionek in 2011

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

Polish SuperCup
.

He then had a year in the Italian

SPAL of the same league on a 212-year contract.[4]

On 28 September 2020, he signed a three-year contract with

On 9 August 2023, Serie C side Avellino announced the signing of Cionek on a two-year contract.[6]

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 the Poland national team on 13 May 2014, starting in a goalless friendly draw against Germany in Hamburg.[7] 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.[8] On 19 June in Poland's initial World Cup match against Senegal, Cionek scored an own goal that opened a 2–1 loss.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 August 2020[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jagiellonia Białystok 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 12 1 7[a] 1 19 2
2009–10 27 1 5 0 32 1
2010–11 21 0 4[b] 0 1 0 26 0
2011–12 29 1 1 0 2 0 32 1
2012–13 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 91 3 17 1 3 0 111 4
Padova 2012–13 Serie B 30 0 0 0 30 0
2013–14 1 0 2 0 3 0
Total 31 0 2 0 33 0
Modena
2013–14 Serie B 33 1 0 0 33 1
2014–15 36 1 3 0 39 1
2015–16 15 0 2 0 17 0
Total 84 2 5 0 89 2
Palermo
2015–16 Serie A 5 0 0 0 5 0
2016–17 29 0 1 0 30 0
2017–18 Serie B 16 1 2 0 18 1
Total 50 1 3 0 53 1
SPAL 2017–18 Serie A 15 1 0 0 15 1
2018–19 31 0 2 0 33 0
2019–20 28 0 2 1 30 1
Total 74 1 4 1 78 2
Career total 330 7 31 2 3 0 364 9
  1. ^ Five appearances in Ekstraklasa Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in Polish Super Cup

International

As of 20 November 2018[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2014 2 0
2015 2 0
2016 6 0
2017 6 0
2018 5 0
Total 21 0

Honours

Jagiellonia Białystok

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. ^ "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. ^ "Official: Cionek signs for SPAL". Football Italia. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. Reggina
    . 28 September 2020.
  6. ^ "INGAGGIATO IL CALCIATORE THIAGO CIONEK" (Press release) (in Italian). Avellino. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Germany 0-0 Poland". European Football. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  8. ^ "World Cup 2018: Poland announce preliminary 35-man squad". Talksport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. ^ Fletcher, Paul (19 June 2018). "World Cup 2018: Senegal capitalise on poor defending in 2-1 win over Poland". BBC Sport. Salford: BBC. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  10. ^ Thiago Cionek at Soccerway
  11. ^
    90minut.pl
    (in Polish)

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