Piotr Sebastian Zieliński ( polish pronunciation : [ ˈpjɔtr ʑɛˈlij̃skʲi ] ( ) ; born 20 May 1994 ) is a polish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Poland national team. During his senior career he has besides played for Udinese and Empoli. Zieliński was selected to represent Poland at UEFA Euro 2016 in France, a well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the pan-European UEFA Euro 2020. He has two brothers who are besides master footballers – Paweł and Tomasz Zieliński.
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Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
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 besides had trials at Feyenoord and Hereenveen. [ 2 ] He rose through the ranks and started training with the beginning team at the historic period of 15, under Franciszek Smuda. [ 2 ] At 17 he moved abroad to join Udinese Calcio after they scouted him on external youth tournament. [ 2 ]
Udinese [edit ]
He made his debut in Serie A on 2 November 2012 when he replaced Antonio Di Natale in 91st moment of a match against Cagliari. [ 3 ]
Empoli ( lend ) [edit ]
In 2014, he joined Empoli on lend. [ 4 ]
naples [edit ]
On 4 August 2016, after months of transfer speculation, Zieliński moved from Udinese to Napoli for a reported €16 million. [ 5 ] He scored his first finish with Partenopei ‘s shirt on 3 December, in a 3–0 home winnings against Inter Milan ; [ 6 ] he ended his first season with six goals. On 31 August 2020 he signed fresh contract with Napoli until 2024. On 31 October 2021, not only he decides the bowler hat between U.S. Salernitana 1919 and Napoli, scoring the only goal of the game, but he besides becomes the second best polish goal-scorer in Serie A ‘s history, beating Zbigniew Boniek ‘s record .
International career [edit ]
On 4 June 2013, Zieliński made his senior international introduction for Poland in a friendly match against Liechtenstein. [ 7 ]
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In May 2018, he was named in Poland ’ s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [ 8 ]
personal biography [edit ]
On 2 October 2020, Zieliński tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy. [ 9 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 28 November 2021[10]
Club
Season
League
Cup
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
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
13
4
0
0
4[a]
1
–
17
5
Total
194
29
16
1
45
7
1
0
256
37
Career total
276
34
19
1
46
7
1
0
342
42
International [edit ]
- As of match played 15 November 2021[11]
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
Total
66
7
International goals [edit ]
- Scores and results list Poland’s goal tally first.[11]
Honours [edit ]
Napoli
Poland U21
- Four Nations Tournament: 2014–15[13]
References [edit ]
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