Adrian Cieślewicz (born 16 November 1990) is a Polish professional

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who plays for

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side The New Saints. A product of the

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academy, Cieślewicz was born in

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but grew up in the

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, where he moved to at the age of 8.

Career

Cieślewicz started his career with

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, before moving to

in 2007, spending two-and-a-half years in their youth setup before transferring to

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in the summer of 2009. After a brief spell with

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

, Cieślewicz returned to the Faroe Islands in 2014 to play for

B36 Tórshavn B36 Tórshavn () is a Faroese football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. B36 Tórshavn has always played its home games in Gundadalur. Today B36 Tórshavn i ...

Personal life

His brother,

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, was also a professional footballer who played for clubs in

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and the Faroe Islands. The pair were team-mates at B36 Tórshavn in 2014, and faced each other as opponents in 2015 when The New Saints came up against B36 in a two-legged

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fixture. Their father Robert also played professional football. The family moved to the Faroe Islands in 1999 following Robert's transfer to Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar.

Honours

B36 Tórshavn *

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The New Saints *

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup (), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 *

Welsh League Cup The Cymru League Cup, currently known as the Nathaniel MG Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a cup competition in Welsh association football, football organised by the Football Association of Wales. The competition was established in 1992 and is c ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2023–24, 2024–25

References

1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Gniezno Footballers from Greater Poland Voivodeship Men's association football forwards Polish men's footballers Wrexham A.F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players B36 Tórshavn players The New Saints F.C. players National League (English football) players Faroe Islands Premier League players Cymru Premier players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in England Polish expatriate sportspeople in Wales Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Faroe Islands Expatriate men's footballers in Wales Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1990s-stub