Rafał Augustyniak (born 14 October 1993) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

club

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

Club career

In 2018, he signed for

Miedź Legnica Miedź Legnica () is a professional football club based in Legnica, Poland, that competes in the I liga, following relegation in 2023. Miedź was founded in 1971. In 2018, Miedź Legnica achieved promotion to the top flight for the first time ...

. On 21 June 2019, he signed with the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

FC Ural Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg () is a Russian professional association football club based in Yekaterinburg that plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944� ...

. Augustyniak left Ural on 31 May 2022 as his contract expired. On 30 July 2022, he returned to Polish

, signing a three-year deal with

International career

Rafał was called up for the

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matches against

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and

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. He made his debut for

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against England on 31 March 2021, coming in as a substitute.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Miedź Legnica *

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 ...

: 2017–18 Legia Warsaw *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2022–23, 2024–25 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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* * 1993 births People from Zduńska Wola Footballers from Łódź Voivodeship Living people Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football defenders MKP Pogoń Siedlce players Widzew Łódź players Jagiellonia Białystok players Wigry Suwałki players Miedź Legnica players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Russian Premier League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1990s-stub