Thiago Rangel Cionek (, ; born 21 April 1986) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Brazil, he represented the Poland national team.

Club career

Born in

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

, Paraná, Cionek began his career with local Cuiabá Esporte Clube. He moved to Europe for a brief spell at Portugal's

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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

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and the 2010

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. He then had a year in the Italian

with

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, before signing for another club from the same division,

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on 2 September 2013. On 11 January 2016, he joined his third Italian club,

US Città di Palermo Palermo Football Club, more simply known as Palermo F.C. or Palermo (; scn, Paliemmu, link=no, ), is an Italian football club based in the Sicilian city of Palermo, conventionally founded for the first time on 1 November 1900. Among the club� ...

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. 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-year contract. On 28 September 2020, he signed a three-year contract with

club

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. 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

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for the

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in Russia. On 19 June in Poland's initial World Cup match against

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

, Cionek scored an own goal that opened a 2–1 loss.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Jagiellonia Białystok * Polish Cup:

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: 2010

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cionek, Thiago 1986 births Living people UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Polish footballers Brazilian footballers Footballers from Curitiba Citizens of Poland through descent Polish people of Brazilian descent Brazilian people of Polish descent Poland international footballers Association football central defenders Association football utility players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players GD Bragança players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Jagiellonia Białystok players Calcio Padova players Modena F.C. players Palermo F.C. players S.P.A.L. players Reggina 1914 players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Segunda Divisão players Ekstraklasa players Serie B players Serie A players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Polish expatriate footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy