Thiago Cionek

Thiago Rangel Cionek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtjaɡɔ ˈtɕɔnɛk], Portuguese: [tʃiˈagu ˈtʃonek]; born 21 April 1986) is a Brazilian-born Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Reggina and the Polish national team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Rangel and the second or paternal family name is Cionek.
Thiago Cionek
Cionek in 2015
Personal information
Full name Thiago Rangel Cionek[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986[1]
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Reggina
Number 3
Youth career
Vila Hauer EC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Cuiabá
2006–2007 Bragança 2 (1)
2007–2008 CRB 1 (0)
2008–2012 Jagiellonia Białystok 91 (3)
2012–2014 Padova 31 (0)
2013–2014 → Modena (loan) 33 (1)
2014–2016 Modena 51 (1)
2016–2018 Palermo 50 (1)
2018–2020 SPAL 74 (1)
2020– Reggina 17 (0)
National team‡
2014– Poland 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01 March 2019

Club career

Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Cionek began his career with local Cuiabá Esporte Clube. He moved to Europe for a brief spell at Portugal's GD Bragança before returning to Brazil with Clube de Regatas Brasil.

In 2008, Cionek went back to Europe, playing four seasons with Jagiellonia Białystok in his ancestral Poland. The team won the 2009–10 Polish Cup and the 2010 Polish SuperCup.

He then had a year in the Italian Serie B with Padova Calcio, before signing for another club from the same division, Modena FC on 2 September 2013.[2] On 11 January 2016, he joined his third Italian club, US Città di Palermo of Serie A.[3] Two years later, with his contract due to expire at the end of the season, he was sold to SPAL of the same league on a 2​1⁄2-year contract.[4]

On 28 September 2020, he signed a three-year contract with Serie B club Reggina.[5]

Cionek in 2011

International career

While having been born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil, Cionek's family is of Polish descent and he therefore applied for Polish citizenship, which he received in October 2011. Cionek made his international debut for Poland on 13 May 2014, starting in a goalless friendly draw against Germany in Hamburg.[6] Cionek then was called up by Poland's national team to play in the 2016 European Championship in France.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[7] On 19 June in Poland's initial World Cup match against Senegal, Cionek scored an own goal that opened a 2–1 loss.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 August 2020[9][10]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jagiellonia Białystok 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 1217[lower-alpha 1]1–192
2009–10 27150–321
2010–11 2104[lower-alpha 2]010260
2011–12 2911020321
2012–13 2000–20
Total913171301114
Padova 2012–13 Serie B 30000–300
2013–14 1020–30
Total31020–330
Modena 2013–14 Serie B 33100–331
2014–15 36130–391
2015–16 15020–170
Total84250–892
Palermo 2015–16 Serie A 5000–50
2016–17 29010–300
2017–18 Serie B 16120–181
Total50130–531
SPAL 2017–18 Serie A 15100–151
2018–19 31020–330
2019–20 28021–301
Total74141–782
Career total 3307312303649
  1. Five appearances in Ekstraklasa Cup
  2. One appearance in Polish SuperCup

    International
    As of 20 November 2018[10]
    Poland
    YearAppsGoals
    201420
    201520
    201660
    201760
    201850
    Total210

    Honours

    Jagiellonia Białystok

    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. "THIAGO RANGEL CIONEK AL MODENA, FILIPPO CARINI AL PADOVA" [THIAGO RANGEL CIONEK TO MODENA, FILIPPO CARINI TO PADOVA] (in Italian). Modena FC. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
    3. "Calciomercato Palermo,dal Modena preso Cionek" [Palermo transfer market, Cionek taken from Modena] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
    4. "Official: Cionek signs for SPAL". Football Italia. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
    5. "THIAGO CIONEK È UN CALCIATORE AMARANTO" (Press release) (in Italian). Reggina. 28 September 2020.
    6. "Germany 0-0 Poland". European Football. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
    7. "World Cup 2018: Poland announce preliminary 35-man squad". Talksport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
    8. Fletcher, Paul (19 June 2018). "World Cup 2018: Senegal capitalise on poor defending in 2-1 win over Poland". BBC Sport. Salford: BBC. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
    9. Thiago Cionek at Soccerway
    10. Thiago Cionek at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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