Rafał Wolski

Rafał Wolski in the jersey of Legia Warsaw ( 2012)

Rafał Wolski ( born November 10, 1992 Kozienice, Poland ) is a Polish footballer. He plays in midfield preferably as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Association

Rafał Wolski played in his youth from 2001 to 2008 for the unterklassigen club Jastrząb Głowaczów before he moved to the youth of the first division club Legia Warsaw. There he managed until the beginning of the season 2009/10 made ​​it into the second team, which plays in the separate junior league Młoda Ekstraklasa before he made the leap to the first team in the second half. On 6 August 2011, the 17th matchday of the 2010/11 season, he made his debut under coach Maciej Skorża in the Ekstraklasa, when he came off the bench in the home game against Polonia Warsaw ( 1-0) in the third minute of stoppage time for Miroslav Radovic. In early May 2011, he won the Polish Cup with Legia Warsaw. While he was only four brief appearances in the 2010/11 season, he established himself in the 2011/12 season as a regular player. His first goal in the Ekstraklasa, he scored 23 October 2011, the 11th matchday of the 2011/12 season, at home against Widzew Łódź (2:0) when he was still in off the bench in the 82nd minute for Maciej Rybus the 90th minute to hit the final score achieved. End of April 2012 he won with Legia for the second time the cup. Due to a heel injury came Wolski in the first round in 2012/13 not a single use.

End of January 2013 Wolski changed according to media reports for just under 2.7 million euros transfer fee to the Italian first division club Fiorentina. In addition, Legia Warsaw would get 10 percent during the next sale. He signed a contract until the end of June 2017. Previously, he had completed a trial with Fiorentina.

National

Rafał Wolski has played since the U-19 for all youth national teams of the Polish Football Association and made his debut on 31 August 2011 in the match against the German U -20 ( 2:4 ) when he was substituted at half time for Jan Pawlowski.

On 2 May 2012, he was nominated by Franciszek Smuda coach in the preliminary squad for the 2012 European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine, although he had not played an international match. On May 22, 2012, he came to his debut in the Polish national football team, as he stood in the starting line -up match for the European Championship in Klagenfurt against Latvia (1-0 ). In the mid-term break, he has been replaced. On 27 May 2012, he was then nominated for the final squad for the European Championship. There, however, he did not play.

Achievements

• Polish Cup winner: 2011, 2012
• Young Professional of the 2011/12 season

Private

Wolski's one year younger brother Paweł plays at Legia Warsaw ME in the Młoda Ekstraklasa.