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Biography
Piotr Sebastian Zieliński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpjɔtr ʑɛˈliɲski]; born 20 May 1994 in Ząbkowice Śląskie) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian team Napoli.
He has two brothers who also are 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. 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. He rose through the ranks and started training with the first team at the age of 15, under Franciszek Smuda.
At 17 he moved abroad to join Udinese Calcio after they scouted him on international youth tournament.
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.
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.
International career
On 4 June 2013, Zieliński made his senior international debut for Poland in a friendly match against Liechtenstein.
Career statistics
- As of 22:15, 10 January 2017 (UTC) .
| Club | Season | League | League | Domestic Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Udinese | 2012–13 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 36 | 5 | |||
| Total | 63 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 66 | 5 | |||
| Napoli | 2016–17 | Serie A | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Career total | 100 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 110 | 8 | ||
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 August 2013 | PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk |  Denmark | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 10 September 2013 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle |  San Marino | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 4–1 | 5–1 |