Przemysław Płacheta

Przemysław Płacheta (born 23 March 1998) is a Polish footballer who plays as a left winger for Championship club Norwich City. At international level, Płacheta has played for Poland U21.

Przemysław Płacheta
Personal information
Full name Przemysław Płacheta
Date of birth (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998
Place of birth Łowicz, Poland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Left winger[1]
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Youth career
Pelikan Łowicz
0000–2011 ŁKS Łódź
2012 UKS SMS Łódź
2013–2015 Polonia Warsaw
2015–2017 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Sonnenhof Großaspach 2 (0)
2018 Pogoń Siedlce 11 (2)
2018–2019 Podbeskidzie 23 (6)
2019–2020 Śląsk Wrocław 35 (8)
2020– Norwich City 0 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Poland U18 7 (0)
2017 Poland U19 3 (0)
2019 Poland U20 1 (0)
2019– Poland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:27, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Career

Domestic career

Płacheta started his youth career for Polish side Pelikan Łowicz.[2] He joined ŁKS Łódź after his father saw an advert in a newspaper for young footballers.[3] Later, he played for RB Leipzig Academy in Germany,[4][5] during which time he played for the senior side in a number of friendly matches.[6] In 2017, Płacheta made his professional debut for German 3. Liga team Sonnenhof Großaspach.[7] He later returned to Poland as his mother was ill. He then played for Pogoń Siedlce.[8]

Prior to the 2018–19 I liga, Płacheta signed for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała,[9] and made 25 appearances for the club that season.[10] In 2019, Płacheta signed for Śląsk Wrocław for around 300,000 Polish złoty.[8] He signed a three-year contract with the club.[10] During a pre-season tour, Płacheta reached a speed of 35.22 kilometres per hour (21.88 mph), the highest recorded speed for any Polish league player that pre-season.[11] In the 2019–20 I liga, he scored eight goals in 35 appearances,[4][7] and provided five assists.[5] In July 2020, Płacheta signed for English club Norwich City,[7] on a four-year deal.[4][2] The deal is estimated to be around €3 million[2][5] (around 12 million złoty),[12] a club record sale for Śląsk Wrocław.[12][13] Płacheta is Norwich's first ever Polish player.[4]

International career

Płacheta has made one appearance for Poland under-21s in a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship match against Spain under-21s in Italy.[10][8] He was the youngest player in Czesław Michniewicz's Poland under-21 squad.[10]

Personal life

Płacheta was born on 23 March 1998 in Łowicz, Poland.[10] When Płacheta was young, he was a bobsledder, before choosing to become a footballer.[8] Płacheta has said that he is a fan of Manchester City footballer Raheem Sterling, and has compared his playing style to Sterling.[5][14] His older brother Marcin is a former runner and bobsledder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[8][6] His other older brother Sylwester has played football for MKS Kutno.[6] Their mother died in 2019.[8]

gollark: Anyway, soon I will unlock stemocytes, hopefully, which are very fun.
gollark: Well, it did look cool.
gollark: It also created giant "tails" of near-dead photocytes.
gollark: For the "slippery slope" one I actually just made something with one glueocyte and a ton of photocytes, which... is sloppy and inelegant but good enough to work.
gollark: Fascinating.

References
  1. Przemysław Płacheta at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Oficjalnie: Przemysław Płacheta w Norwich City". Onet.pl (in Polish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "Piękni i młodzi: Przemysław Płacheta". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. "Norwich City swoop for Polish winger Przemysław Płacheta". ITV. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. "Oficjalnie: Przemysław Płacheta ma nowy klub. Porównał swój styl do Sterlinga". Sport.pl (in Polish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. "Polak w najnowocześniejszej akademii w Niemczech. Na warsztacie u Ralfa". WP Sports (in Polish). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. "Przemysław Płacheta". canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. "ŚLĄSK WZIĄŁ STRUSIA PĘDZIWIATRA". Przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  9. "20-latek z przeszłością w RB Lipsk został zawodnikiem Podbeskidzia!" (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. "Przemysław Płacheta w Śląsku Wrocław". Onet.pl (in Polish). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  11. "Oficjalnie: Przemysław Płacheta w Norwich. Rekordowy transfer Śląska". RMF24 (in Polish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  12. "Przemysław Płacheta piłkarzem Norwich. Rekord transferowy Śląska". Polskie Radio (in Polish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  13. "Oficjalnie: Przemysław Płacheta piłkarzem Norwich City. Parafował 4-letni kontrakt". gol24.pl (in Polish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  14. "'I like to watch Raheem Sterling' - Placheta on his City mission". The Pink'un. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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