Sebastian Szymański (born 10 May 1999) is a Polish professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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, on loan from

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

, and the Poland national team.

Club career

On 31 May 2019, Szymański signed a five-year contract with the

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club

. He was voted by Dynamo fans as "player of the month" for October 2019. On 9 November 2019, he scored his first goal for Dynamo, the only goal of the game in a 1–0 victory over

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

. It was the first Dynamo away victory against Rubin in 13 years. On 2 June 2021, he signed a new contract with Dynamo for a five-year term. He was voted player of the month by Dynamo fans for July 2021, August 2021 and November 2021. On 22 July 2022, Szymański joined Dutch club

on a one-year loan with an option to buy for the club. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August 2022, scoring the fourth goal in the club's 4–0 win over FC Emmen.

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man

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for the

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in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23. He made his Poland national team debut on 9 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Austria. He replaced

Kamil Grosicki Kamil Paweł Grosicki (; born 8 June 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin and the Poland national team. A full international for Poland with over eighty caps since 2008, he repres ...

in the 70th minute. He made his first start in the next qualifier on 10 October 2019 against Latvia and assisted on one of the goals as Poland won 3–0 and secured their spot at the final tournament. He scored his first goal for his country on 19 November 2019 in the last qualifying group game against Slovenia.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Szymański goal.''

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* * * 1999 births Living people People from Biała Podlaska Association football midfielders Polish footballers Poland youth international footballers Poland under-21 international footballers Poland international footballers Legia Warsaw II players Legia Warsaw players FC Dynamo Moscow players Feyenoord players III liga players Ekstraklasa players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Poland-footy-bio-stub