Sebastian_Walukiewicz
Sebastian Walukiewicz
Polish footballer (born 2000)
Sebastian Wiktor Walukiewicz (born 5 April 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Empoli and the Poland national team.[2]
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Walukiewicz with Cagliari during the 2021–22 Coppa Italia | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastian Wiktor Walukiewicz[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MKP Gorzów Wielkopolski | |||
| Legia Warsaw | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Legia Warsaw II | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Pogoń Szczecin II | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Pogoń Szczecin | 21 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Cagliari | 40 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Pogoń Szczecin (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Empoli (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023– | Empoli | 27 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Poland U15 | 8 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Poland U16 | 8 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Poland U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Poland U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Poland U19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Poland U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Poland U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2020– | Poland | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 7 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Pogoń Szczecin
In 2017, Walukiewicz joined Pogoń Szczecin from Legia Warsaw II. He made his Ekstraklasa debut on 7 April 2018 against his former club, Legia Warsaw, playing 8 minutes in a 3–0 away defeat.[citation needed]
Cagliari
On 8 January 2019, Walukewicz joined Cagliari Calcio on a 4,5-year contract. He returned to Pogoń Szczecin on loan until the end of the season.[3]
Empoli
On 1 September 2022, he moved to Serie A club Empoli on loan until the end of the season with an option and a conditional obligation to buy.[4] Walukiewicz made 11 league appearances in the 2022–23 season before joining the Tuscan side on a permanent basis on 14 June 2023.[5]
On 7 October 2020, Walukiewicz debuted for the Polish senior squad in the friendly match against Finland.[6] Four days later, he made his competitive debut, playing a full game in the Nations League 0–0 home draw against Italy.[7]
Walukiewicz was named in the 29-man preliminary squad for UEFA Euro 2024 on 29 May 2024. During a friendly match against Ukraine played on 7 June 2024 prior to the Euros, Walukiewicz scored his first international goal and the first goal of the match which Poland won 3–1. Later that day, he was selected in the final roster for the tournament.[8]
Club
- As of match played 23 August 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Legia Warsaw II | 2016–17 | III liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pogoń Szczecin II | 2017–18 | III liga | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Pogoń Szczecin | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Cagliari | 2019–20 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | ||||
| Empoli (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 123 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 128 | 1 | ||||
- Includes Coppa Italia
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Poland goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Walukiewicz goal
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2024 | Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- Sebastian Walukiewicz at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- "Official: Cagliari sign Polish starlet". Football Italiadate=15 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- "Sebastian Walukiewicz è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC (in Italian). 1 September 2022.
- "Sebastian Walukiewicz è dell'Empoli" (in Italian). Empoli FC. 14 June 2023.
- "Ofensywnie i do przodu! Polska wysoko pokonuje Finlandię. Hat-trick Grosickiego". Polish Football Association (in Polish). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- "Liga Narodów: przyszły lider defensywy kadry? Tak z Włochami zagrał Sebastian Walukiewicz". TVP Sport (in Polish). 13 October 2020.
- "Michał Probierz ogłosił kadrę na Euro 2024" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- Sebastian Walukiewicz at Soccerway
- Sebastian Walukiewicz at Soccerway
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