Piotr Zieliński

Piotr Zieliński
	Zieliński playing for Napoli in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Piotr Sebastian Zieliński[1]
Date of birth	20 May 1994[1]
Place of birth	Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Napoli
Number	20
Youth career
2003–2007	Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie
2007–2011	Zagłębie Lubin
2011–2012	Udinese
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:28, 8 August 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Piotr Sebastian Zieliński (Polish pronunciation: [pjɔtr ʑɛˈliɲski] (listen); born 20 May 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Napoli and the Poland national team. During his football career he played for such clubs as Zagłębie Lubin, Udinese, and Empoli. He was selected to play in Poland national football team at the 2016 UEFA European Championships in France as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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 Hereenveen.[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 Calcio after they scouted him on international youth tournament.[2]

Udinese

He 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, he joined Empoli on loan. He scored on his debut.

Napoli

On 4 August 2016, after months of transfer speculation, Zieliński moved from Udinese to Napoli for a reported €16 million.[4]. He scored his first goal with Partenopei's shirt on 3 December 2016 against Football Club Internazionale Milano and he ended his first season with six goals.

International career

On 4 June 2013, Zieliński made his senior international debut for Poland in a friendly match against Liechtenstein.[5]

In May 2018, he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 August 2020[7]

Club	Season	League	League		Domestic Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	League	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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	0	47	6
	2017–18		36	4	2	0	9[lower-alpha 3]	3	47	7
	2018–19		36	6	1	0	12[lower-alpha 4]	1	49	7
	2019–20		37	2	5	0	7[lower-alpha 2]	0	47	2
	Total		143	17	12	1	35	4	190	22
Career total			225	22	15	1	36	4	276	27

Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
Seven appearances and two goals in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League
Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 19 November 2019[8]

Poland
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	7	3
2014	1	0
2015	3	0
2016	10	0
2017	8	0
2018	12	3
2019	10	0
Total	51	6

International goals

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[8]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 August 2013	PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland	Denmark	3–2	3–2	Friendly
2.	10 September 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	5–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	10 September 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	4–1	5–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	27 March 2018	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland	South Korea	3–2	3–2	Friendly
5.	8 June 2018	Stadion Miejski, 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

Honours

Napoli

Coppa Italia: 2019–20[9]

Poland U21

Four Nations Tournament: 2014–15[10]

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References

"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.
"Skąd się wziął w Udinese Piotr Zieliński?" [How did Zielinski came to Udinese?] (in Polish). Weszło!. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
"Debiut Piotra Zielińskiego w Serie A" [Piotr Zieliński debuts in Serie A] (in Polish). Interia. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
"Official: Zielinski joins Napoli". Football Italia. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
"Skromna wygrana na pożegnanie Dudka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl.
"Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
"Piotr Zieliński". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
"Zieliński, Piotr". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
"Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
"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.

External links

Piotr Zieliński at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Piotr Zieliński at Soccerway
Piotr Zieliński at National-Football-Teams.com

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[UEL-8] Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

[UCL-9] Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League

[10] Seven appearances and two goals in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League

[11] Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League

[FIFA-1] "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.

[weszlo-2] "Skąd się wziął w Udinese Piotr Zieliński?" [How did Zielinski came to Udinese?] (in Polish). Weszło!. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[debiut-3] "Debiut Piotra Zielińskiego w Serie A" [Piotr Zieliński debuts in Serie A] (in Polish). Interia. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[4] "Official: Zielinski joins Napoli". Football Italia. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[5] "Skromna wygrana na pożegnanie Dudka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl.

[6] "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[7] "Piotr Zieliński". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[NFT-12] "Zieliński, Piotr". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[13] "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.

[14] "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.