Sebastian Szymański (born 10 May 1999) is a Polish professional

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who plays as an

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or a winger for

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club Fenerbahçe and the Poland national team.

Club career

Early career

Szymański started training at the age of six at TOP 54 Biała Podlaska. In March 2013, he became a player of

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 ...

. In the 2015–16 season, he appeared in 12 matches and scored once for Legia's

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. He also played in one

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match and three matches of the Central Junior League, which Legia won after beating

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5–4 on aggregate in a two-legged final, with Szymanski scoring twice in the second leg.

Legia Warsaw

In July 2016, Szymański was promoted to the first team and debuted on the seventh day in a 1–4 loss to

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

in the

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final. He made his

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debut on 20 August 2016 in a 1–3 loss to

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

. In November 2016, he extended his contract with Legia until the end of June 2019. On 3 March 2017, in a 3–1 win over

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, he scored his first goal for Legia's first team. In the 2016–17 season, he won the Ekstraklasa title with the club, and was the youngest player to score a league goal that season. He also appeared in nine matches of the third-league reserves, scoring two goals, and five matches of the

, in which he scored twice. In October 2017, he extended his contract with the club until 2022. In the 2017–18 campaign, he won the

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with Legia.

Dynamo Moscow

On 31 May 2019, Szymański signed a five-year contract with the

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club

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. Szymański was voted by Dynamo fans as "player of the month" for October 2019. On 9 November 2019, he scored his first goal for Dynamo, the only goal of the game in a 1–0 victory over

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. It was the first Dynamo away victory against Rubin in 13 years. On 2 June 2021, he signed a new contract with Dynamo for a five-year term. He was voted player of the month by Dynamo fans for July 2021, August 2021 and November 2021.

Feyenoord (loan)

On 22 July 2022, Szymański joined Dutch club

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on a one-year loan with an option to buy for the club. On 7 August 2022, he made his

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debut with Feyenoord against Vitesse and made two assists of 2-5 away win. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August 2022, scoring the fourth goal in the club's 4–0 win over

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Fenerbahçe

On 12 July 2023, Turkish

side Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Szymański on a four-year contract, for €9.75 million. On 26 July 2023, he scored his first goal in his debut in

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against Zimbru at the

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, Fenerbahçe won 5–0. On 13 August 2023, he made his

debut against

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at the

, Fenerbahçe won 2–1. He made his

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debut on 7 February 2024, against

at the

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, Fenerbahçe won 2–0. On 9 February 2025, against

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, he scored 4000th goal of the team in

history. On 13 March 2025, he scored double in

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against

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at the

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, Fenerbahçe won 2–0. On 6 April 2025, he made his 100th appearances (and scored 20 goals in his first 100 matches) in all competitions for Fenerbahçe against

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in a 4-1

home win.

International career

In May 2018, Szymański was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man

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for the

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, but did not make the final 23. On 9 September 2019, Szymański debuted for the senior Polish squad by replacing Kamil Grosicki in the 70th minute during a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Austria. He started for the first time in the same qualification on 10 October against

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and assisted on one of the goals, resulting in a 3-0 victory for Poland that secured their final tournament spot. Szymański scored his first goal for his country on 19 November 2019 in the last qualifying group game against

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. On 15 October 2024, he scored a goal in a 3–3 draw against

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in the group stage of the

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

: 2017–18 Feyenoord *

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Individual *

Young Player of the Month: April 2019 *

Team of the Month: November 2022

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szymanski, Sebastian 1999 births Living people People from Biała Podlaska Footballers from Lublin Voivodeship 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 Legia Warsaw II players Legia Warsaw players FC Dynamo Moscow players Feyenoord players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers III liga players Ekstraklasa players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players Süper Lig players 2022 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2024 players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Polish sportsmen