Piotr Zieliński

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.

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[1]
Place of birth Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Udinese 19 (0)
2014–2016 → Empoli (loan) 63 (5)
2016– Napoli 160 (21)
National team‡
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 55 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:47, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2020

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.[4]

Napoli

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 goal with Partenopei's shirt on 3 December, in a 3–0 home win against Inter Milan;[6] 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.[7]

In May 2018, he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[8]

Personal life

On 2 October 2020, Zieliński tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 31 January 2021.[10]
Club Season League League Domestic Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Udinese 2012–13 Serie A 90000090
2013–14 Serie A 100001[lower-alpha 1]0110
Total 1900010200
Empoli 2014–15 Serie A 28020–300
2015–16 Serie A 35510–365
Total 63530–665
Napoli 2016–17 Serie A 365417[lower-alpha 2]0476
2017–18 Serie A 364209[lower-alpha 3]3477
2018–19 Serie A 3661012[lower-alpha 4]1497
2019–20 Serie A 372507[lower-alpha 2]0492
2020–21 Serie A 174204[lower-alpha 1]1235
Total 1622114139521527
Career total 2442617140530132
  1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  3. Seven appearances and two goals in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 18 November 2020[11]
Poland
YearAppsGoals
201373
201410
201530
2016100
201780
2018123
2019100
202020
Total556

International goals
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[11]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 August 2013PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Denmark
3–2
3–2
Friendly
2.10 September 2013Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino
1–0
5–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.
4–1
4.27 March 2018Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland South Korea
3–2
3–2
Friendly
5.8 June 2018Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland Chile
2–0
2–2
6.7 September 2018Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy Italy
1–0
1–1
2018–19 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Napoli

Poland U21

  • Four Nations Tournament: 2014–15[13]

References
  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.
  2. "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. "Skromna wygrana na pożegnanie Dudka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl.
  8. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  9. "Napoli: Zielinski has coronavirus". Football Italia. 2 October 2020.
  10. "Piotr Zieliński". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  11. "Zieliński, Piotr". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
  13. "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.
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