Rafał Siemaszko (born 11 September 1986) is a Polish politician and former 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 ...

Football career

In the summer of 2010, he was loaned to

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

on a one-year deal. He returned to Orkan one year later. He played in Gryf Wejherowo from 2012 to 2014, before spending the next season in Chojniczanka Chojnice. In 2015, he returned to

. He also represented

Sokół Ostróda Sokół Ostróda is a Polish football club based in Ostróda, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. They compete in the fifth-tier IV liga Warmia-Masuria. In 2020, they were promoted to II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga ...

. He ended his football career as a player-coach at Wierzyca Pelplin.

Honours

Arka Gdynia

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 ...

: 2015–16 *

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 ...

: 2016–17 *

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 ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Wierzyca Pelplin

* Regional league Gdańsk II: 2023–24

Political career

In the

2023 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 15 October 2023 to elect members of the Sejm and Senate of Poland, Senate. A 2023 Polish referendum, referendum containing four questions concerning economic and immigration policy of the government ...

, he was elected to the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

from

Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...

Słupsk Słupsk (; ; ) is a city with powiat rights located on the Słupia River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland, in the historical region of Pomerania or more specifically in its part known in contemporary Poland as Central Pomerania ...

. He assumed the position of Secretary of the Sejm and became a member of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

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* * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Wejherowo Footballers from Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Arka Gdynia players Gryf Wejherowo players Chojniczanka Chojnice players Sokół Ostróda players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players IV liga players Polish football managers Men's association football player-managers Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 Civic Platform politicians Polish sportsperson-politicians 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1980s-stub