Rafał Kurzawa

Rafał Maciej Kurzawa ([ˈrafaw kuˈʐava] (listen); born 29 January 1993) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Rafał Kurzawa
Kurzawa lining up for Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Rafał Maciej Kurzawa[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993[1]
Place of birth Wieruszów, Poland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back[2]
Youth career
2005–2006 Sokół Świba
2006–2010 Marcinki Kępno
2010–2011 Górnik Zabrze
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Górnik Zabrze 109 (7)
2012–2013 → ROW 1964 Rybnik (loan) 49 (4)
2018–2020 Amiens 11 (1)
2019 → FC Midtjylland (loan) 6 (1)
2020 → Esbjerg fB (loan) 12 (2)
National team‡
2017– Poland 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:57, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:44, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

On 31 January 2019, Kurzawa was loaned out to Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland for six months.[2] Kurzawa returned to Amiens SC in the summer 2019 but didn't take part in any games for the club, before he was loaned out to Denmark again, this time to Esbjerg fB on 26 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[3] Returning to Amiens in the summer 2020, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 6 October 2020.[4]

International career

In June 2018, he was named in Poland's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5]

Career statistics

International
As of 11 September 2018[6][7]

Kurzawa had one appearance for the Poland national football team in 2017 and five appearances in 2018.

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. FC MIDTJYLLAND LEJER POLSK VENSTRE BACK, fcm.dk, 31 January 2019
  3. EfB henter Rafal Kurzawa, efb.dk, 26 January 2020
  4. RAFAL KURZAWA QUITTE L'AMIENS SC, amiensfootball.com, 6 October 2020
  5. "Skład reprezentacji Polski na mistrzostwa świata 2018" [The composition of the Polish national team for the 2018 World Cup]. PZPN.pl (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  6. "Rafał Kurzawa". European Football. 14 July 2018.
  7. "Davis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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