Jacek Góralski (; born 21 September 1992) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

club

Wieczysta Kraków Wieczysta Kraków is a Polish Association football, football club, based in Kraków. They will compete in I liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, after winning the 2024–25 II liga promotion play-offs. History During the Occupation o ...

Club career

Góralski began his career with

Zawisza Bydgoszcz Zawisza Bydgoszcz () is a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th-century knight, Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, b ...

, but left for Victoria Koronowo on a free transfer in early 2011. He joined Bulgarian champions

Ludogorets Razgrad Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League ...

in the summer of 2017, signing a three-year contract. On 19 January 2020, Góralski moved to Kairat on a three-year contract. On 16 June 2022, Kairat announced that Góralski was leaving the club. It was announced on 17 June 2022 that Góralski had joined

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. On 10 August 2023, he left the club by mutual consent. Despite reported interest from

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

clubs Cracovia and

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, and being linked with a return to Kairat, Góralski signed a three-year deal with fourth division side

on 29 August 2023.

International career

In November 2016, Góralski received his first call-up to the senior Poland squad for matches against

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and

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. He started the match against

, which resulted in a 1–1 draw. On 4 June 2018, Góralski was included in Adam Nawałka's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia. Góralski played in two games in the tournament, against

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, a 0–3 loss, and

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, a 1–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Wisła Płock * II liga East: 2012–13 Ludogorets *

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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Kairat *

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan Football (soccer), football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for club ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goralski, Jacek 1992 births Living people Footballers from Bydgoszcz Polish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Poland men's international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players IV liga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kazakhstan Premier League players Bundesliga players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Wisła Płock players Jagiellonia Białystok players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Kairat players VfL Bochum players Wieczysta Kraków players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Polish sportsmen