Krystian Bielik
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Krystian Bielik[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 January 1998||
Place of birth | Konin, Poland | ||
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Position(s) | Defensive midfielder Centre back |
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Team information | |||
Current team
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Arsenal | ||
Number | 37 | ||
Youth career | |||
Górnik Konin | |||
2012–2014 | Lech Poznań | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Legia Warsaw | 5 | (0) |
2015– | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Poland U16 | 2 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Poland U17 | 8 | (3) |
2015– | Poland U18 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2015 |
Krystian Bielik (pronounced [ˈkrɘ̟stʲan 'bʲɛlik], born 4 January 1998) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for English club Arsenal and the Poland U17 team.
Club career
Legia Warszawa
Bielik started playing football for his hometown club, Górnik Konin before being spotted by Lech Poznań scouts in 2012, and later joining their developmental academy. He won the Polish U-17 Championships with the club in early 2014.[3] However, in July 2014, Bielik joined Lech's archrivals, Legia Warszawa for £8,800 (50,000 zł),[4][5] and on 24 August, made his Ekstraklasa debut against Korona Kielce.[6]
Arsenal
In early 2015, Arsenal had agreed a reported £2.7 million deal for Bielik with Legia Warsaw.[7] On 21 January, Arsenal completed the Bielik deal with the Polish midfielder signing for an undisclosed fee, subject to regulatory processes.[8]
Bielik's style of play reminded many Arsenal fans of what they saw from Patrick Vieira, hence he's been dubbed 'The New Patrick Vieira'[9] by many Gooners.
Bielik made his senior Arsenal debut in the Football League Cup fourth round on 27 October 2015, replacing fellow debutant Glen Kamara after 60 minutes of an eventual 3–0 loss at Sheffield Wednesday.[10]
References
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External links
- Krystian Bielik career statistics at Soccerbase
- Krystian Bielik at Soccerway
- 90minut.pl profile
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- Pages with broken file links
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Polish footballers
- Ekstraklasa players
- Association football midfielders
- Legia Warsaw players
- Poland youth international footballers
- People from Konin
- Lech Poznań players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Polish expatriates in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Polish football midfielder stubs