Zielinski Piotr
Piotr Sebastian Zieliński is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Poland national team. During his senior career he played for Udinese, Empoli and Napoli. Zieliński was selected to represent Poland at UEFA Euro 2016 in France, as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the pan-European UEFA Euro 2020, and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He has two brothers who are also professional footballers – Paweł and Tomasz Zieliński. Zieliński started his career at his local club, Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie, where he was coached by his father. At the age of 14, he joined Zagłębie Lubin, even though he was wanted by Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool and also had trials at Feyenoord and Hereenveen. He rose through the ranks and started training with the first team at the age of 15, under Franciszek Smuda. At 17 he moved abroad to join Udinese Calcio after they scouted him on international youth tournament.
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These boots were worn by Piotr Zielinski with S.S.C. Napoli during the season 2022/2023, the season the team won its 3rd Italian Scudetto. These boots are quite exclusive because they are Nike Mercurial Vapor boots white-out hand painted and then personalized with player’s name and details. On 4 August 2016, after months of transfer speculation, Zieliński moved from Udinese to Napoli for a reported €16 million. He scored his first goal with Partenopei’s shirt on 3 December, in a 3–0 home win against Inter Milan; he ended his first season with six goals. On 31 August 2020 he signed new contract with Napoli until 2024. On 31 October 2021, not only did he decide the derby between U.S. Salernitana 1919 and Napoli, scoring the only goal of the game, but with 32 goals he also became the second best Polish goal-scorer in Serie A’s history (behind Arkadiusz Milik), beating Zbigniew Boniek’s record. On 17 February 2022, he scored a goal for Napoli in a Europa League match against Barcelona which ended in a 1–1 draw. On 7 September 2022, he scored two goals and had one assist in a Champions League match against Liverpool F.C., which concluded in a 4–1 victory for Napoli.
