Rafał Maciej Kurzawa ([ˈrafaw kuˈʐava] (listen); born 29 January 1993) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ekstraklasa side Pogoń Szczecin.
![]() Kurzawa lining up for Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafał Maciej Kurzawa[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 (age 29)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Wieruszów, Poland | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | Sokół Świba | ||
2006–2010 | Marcinki Kępno | ||
2010–2011 | Górnik Zabrze | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2018 | Górnik Zabrze | 109 | (7) |
2012–2013 | → ROW 1964 Rybnik (loan) | 49 | (4) |
2018–2020 | Amiens | 11 | (1) |
2019 | → FC Midtjylland (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2020 | → Esbjerg fB (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2021– | Pogoń Szczecin | 32 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2017– | Poland | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:12, 6 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:44, 15 May 2019 (UTC) |
On 31 January 2019, Kurzawa was loaned out to Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland for six months.[2] Kurzawa returned to Amiens SC in the summer 2019 but didn't take part in any games for the club, before he was loaned out to Denmark again, this time to Esbjerg fB on 26 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[3] Returning to Amiens in the summer 2020, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 6 October 2020.[4]
In June 2018, he was named in Poland's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5]
Kurzawa had one appearance for the Poland national football team in 2017 and five appearances in 2018.[6][7]
Poland squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||
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