Rafał Pietrzak (born 30 January 1992) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a defender for II liga club

Wieczysta Kraków Wieczysta Kraków is a Polish Association football, football club based in Kraków. They currently play in III liga, group IV, the fourth tier of the Polish football league system, national football league system. History During the Occupation o ...

. Besides Poland, he has played in Belgium.

Career

Club

Pietrzak was born in

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industria ...

. In August 2010, he joined Górnik Zabrze on a one-year loan from Zagłębie Sosnowiec. In June 2011, he permanently signed with Górnik Zabrze. In August 2011, he was loaned to

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2022–23, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. History The club wa ...

on a one-year deal.

International

He was a part of Poland national under-19 football team. Pietrzak received his first call up to the Poland national team in September 2018 for the

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game against

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. He replaced

Jakub Błaszczykowski Jakub Błaszczykowski (; born 14 December 1985), also known as Kuba, is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Wisła Kraków, businessman and Wisła Kraków's part owner. He started his professional football at Wisła Krakó ...

in the 80th minute to earn his first cap in a 1–1 draw.

Honours

Piast Gliwice * I liga: 2011–12 Wieczysta Kraków *

III liga, group IV III liga, group IV is one of the four groups of III liga, which are competitions of the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. This group was established in 2016, when, after the 2015–16 season, as a result of the reorganization of th ...

: 2023–24

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* 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Sosnowiec Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's international footballers Zagłębie Sosnowiec players Górnik Zabrze players Piast Gliwice players Kolejarz Stróże players GKS Katowice players Wisła Kraków players Royal Excel Mouscron players Zagłębie Lubin players Lechia Gdańsk players Wieczysta Kraków players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Belgian Pro League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Poland-footy-defender-stub