Rafał Wolsztyński (born 8 December 1994) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

club

Sandecja Nowy Sącz Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish football club from Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, that was formed in 1910. In the 2025–26 season, they will compete in II liga, the third tier of Polish football, after winning group IV of the 2024–2 ...

Early career

Wolsztyński started playing football in the youth sector of Concordia Knurów.

Club career

In 2010 Wolsztyński signed for

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 ...

after good performances at junior club level. He was loaned out on two occasions, first to

Limanovia Limanowa MKS Limanovia Limanowa is a Polish football club from Limanowa, Lesser Poland. They currently compete in the IV liga Lesser Poland, the fifth level of Polish league system. History Beginning The club was founded in 1924 thanks to the merger o ...

in 2015, and later to Legionovia Legionowo in 2016. He made his

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 ...

debut with Górnik Zabrze in the 2017–18 season. In early 2019, he left the club and signed with

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-wh ...

in the third-tier

. On 20 August 2020 he signed a two-year contract with

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 12 August 2021, Wolsztyński signed with

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, commonly referred to as SJK, also internationally SJK Seinäjoki, is a Finland, Finnish professional association football, football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest ...

(SJK) in Finnish top-tier

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. He left the club next June, and joined

Chrobry Głogów Chrobry Głogów () is a Polish football club based in Głogów, Poland. It was founded in 1946. The team's official colors are blue, orange, black and green. Chrobry currently competes in I liga, the second tier of Polish league football. The cl ...

in Polish second-tier

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 ...

. In the early 2024, Wolsztyński moved to II liga club

Personal life

His twin brother

Łukasz Wolsztyński Łukasz Wolsztyński (born 8 December 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Slovak club Tatran Prešov. He is the twin brother of Rafał Wolsztyński. In 2012, Wolsztyński signed for Górnik Zabrze ...

is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Honours

Górnik Zabrze II *

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 ...

(Zabrze regionals): 2013–14, 2015–16 Sandecja Nowy Sącz *

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 ...

: 2024–25 * Polish Cup (Nowy Sącz regionals): 2024–25 Individual *

top scorer: 2024–25

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolsztyński, Rafał 1997 births Footballers from Knurów Living people Polish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Górnik Zabrze players Limanovia Limanowa players Widzew Łódź players Arka Gdynia players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Chrobry Głogów players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Veikkausliiga players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Polish twins 21st-century Polish sportsmen