Mariusz Stępiński

Mariusz Stępiński 2013

Mariusz Stępiński (born 12 May 1995 Sieradz, Poland ) is a Polish footballer. He plays in the storm preferably as a center forward.

Career

Association

Mariusz Stępiński played in his youth until 2009 for the unterklassigen club Piast Błaszki before he moved to the youth of the fifth-tier Pogoń - Ekolog Zduńska Wola. There he accomplished in the second half of the season 2010/11 made ​​it into the first team. In the summer of 2011, he was obliged by the first division Widzew Łódź for the equivalent of about 12,500 euros. At the beginning of the season he was only the second team in the separate junior league Młoda Ekstraklasa used. On November 27, 2011, he made ​​his debut under coach Radosław Mroczkowski at the age of 16 years, six months and 15 days in the first team when he came on in the away match against Lech Poznan ( 1-0) in the third minute of stoppage time for Piotr Grzelczak. There were other short assignments. Matchday 5 of the 2012/13 season Stępiński at home against Gornik Zabrze (1-1) scored his first goal. During the season he was able to win a regular place in the team. Because of his achievements, some international clubs were aware of him.

For the 2013/14 season Stępiński moved to the Bundesliga for 1.FC Nürnberg.

National

Mariusz Stępiński has played since the U-15 for all youth national teams of the Polish Football Association. With the U-17, he moved to the U-17 European Football Championships 2012 in Slovenia the semi-finals, but where you failed to Germany.

In January 2013 Stępiński was surprisingly nominated at the age of 17 years by the Polish national team coach Waldemar Fornalik for an international match of the national team on February 2, 2013 against Romania in the Spanish Malaga. In the 4-1 win, he then came to his debut when he came on in the 84th minute for Waldemar Sobota.