Mateusz Wieteska (born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, on loan from

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, and the Poland national team.

Club career

On 7 July 2017, Wieteska signed a contract with

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

side

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

. On 14 June 2018, his move to

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

was announced. On 25 July 2022,

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club Clermont announced the signing of Wieteska, who joined the French side on a four-year contract. On 29 August 2023, Wieteska moved to

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returnees

on a four-year deal. On 22 January 2025, he joined Greek club

on loan until the end of the

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with an option to make the move permanent.

International career

On 15 March 2022, Wieteska was called up by the Poland national team head coach

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for the friendly match against Scotland and the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs final against Sweden. On 14 June 2022, he debuted for Poland as a starter against

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in a

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game. In September 2022, Wieteska was named in the final 2022 FIFA World Cup squads#Poland, Polish 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but did not play in any match of the tournament.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

: 2016–17 Ekstraklasa, 2016–17, 2019–20 Ekstraklasa, 2019–20, 2020–21 Ekstraklasa, 2020–21 Individual *I liga Team of the Season: 2016–17 I liga#Awards, 2016–17

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wieteska, Mateusz 1997 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Poland men's international footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Ligue 1 players Serie A players Super League Greece players Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki players Legia Warsaw II players Legia Warsaw players Ząbkovia Ząbki players Chrobry Głogów players Górnik Zabrze players Clermont Foot players Cagliari Calcio players PAOK FC players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Polish sportsmen