Jakub Piotrowski (born 4 October 1997) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for Bulgarian club

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and the Poland national team.

Club career

Between 2015 and 2018, Piotrowski played for Polish side

Pogoń Szczecin Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league s ...

. On 14 May 2018, he signed a three-year contract (with one year in option) with Belgian side

KRC Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four championship title ...

. On 28 July 2020, Piotrowski joined 2. Bundesliga club

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

on a four-year contract. On 28 July 2022, Piotrowski moved to Bulgaria to play for

in the

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International career

From 2016 to 2019, Piotrowski played for various Polish youth national teams. He received his first call-up for the Poland senior squad for

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matches against

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and

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, played on 22 and 25 September 2022. Piotrowski was named in the provisional squad for the

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, however he was not included in the final 26-man squad. On 12 October 2023, Piotrowski made his debut for the senior team against the

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during a

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match, a 2–0 victory. On 7 June 2024, he was named in Poland's squad for

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Piotrowski goal.''

Honours

Genk *

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: 2018–19 Ludogorets Razgrad *

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

, 2024–25 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup () is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and the holder of the Bulgarian Cup at that time. ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Individual * Bulgarian First League Best Midfielder: 2023 * Bulgarian First League Best Foreign Player: 2023

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piotrowski, Jakub Living people 1997 births Footballers from Toruń Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers Pogoń Szczecin players Stomil Olsztyn S.A. players KRC Genk players S.K. Beveren players Fortuna Düsseldorf players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Belgian Pro League players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players UEFA Euro 2024 players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Fortuna Düsseldorf II players 21st-century Polish sportsmen