Rafał Pietrzak (born 30 January 1992) is a Polish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender 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 ...

. Besides Poland, he has played in Belgium.

Career

Club

Pietrzak was born in

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Re ...

. In August 2010, he joined

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

on a one-year loan from

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Sosnowiec. They compete in II liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, following relegation from the 2023–24 I liga. The club was establishe ...

. In June 2011, he permanently signed with Górnik Zabrze. In August 2011, he was loaned to

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

on a one-year deal.

International

He was a part of

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. Pietrzak received his first call up to the Poland national team in September 2018 for the

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game against

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. He replaced

Jakub Błaszczykowski Jakub "Kuba" Błaszczykowski (; born 14 December 1985) is a Polish businessman and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. He is a part owner of Polish football club Wisła Krak� ...

in the 80th minute to earn his first cap in a 1–1 draw.

Honours

Piast Gliwice *

: 2011–12 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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* * * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Sosnowiec Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's international footballers Zagłębie Sosnowiec players Górnik Zabrze players Piast Gliwice players Kolejarz Stróże players GKS Katowice players Wisła Kraków players Royal Excel Mouscron players Zagłębie Lubin players Lechia Gdańsk players Wieczysta Kraków players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Belgian Pro League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1990s-stub