Igor Sapała

Igor Sapała (born 11 October 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Wisła Kraków.[2]

Igor Sapała
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995[1]
Place of birth Kartuzy, Poland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wisła Kraków
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2012 Polonia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Polonia Warsaw
2014 Żyrardowianka Żyrardów
2015 Bzura Chodaków
2015–2016 Dolcan Ząbki 14 (1)
2016–2018 Piast Gliwice 4 (1)
2017 → GKS Katowice (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 → Raków Częstochowa (loan) 16 (1)
2018–2022 Raków Częstochowa 86 (2)
2023– Wisła Kraków 3 (0)
International career‡
2016 Poland U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2016

Club career

At the age of 6-7, he started playing in the junior teams of Polonia Warsaw. [3]On loan to Żyrardowianka Żyrardów July 1, 2014.On February 1, 2015 he was loaned to Bzura Chodaków.On July 8, 2015, after short tests, he signed a contract with Dolcan Ząbki.He made his debut for the team on August 1, 2015 in the match I liga against MKP Pogoń Siedlce.[4]He scored the team's first goal in a league match against Zagłębie Sosnowiec on 31 October 2015.[5]March 3, 2016 signed a contract with Piast Gliwice.[6]He made his debut for the club on 8 May 2016 in a match of Ekstraklasa against Legia Warsaw.[7]He scored his first goal for his club on 11 December 2016 in a 1–5 league match against Legia Warsaw.[8]On 8 February 2017, he was loaned to GKS Katowice for six months.[9]He made his debut for the team on 10 March 2017 against Stomil Olsztyn.[10]On loan for one year to Raków Częstochowa on 25 July 2017.He made his club debut on 6 August 2017 in a league match against Puszcza Niepołomice.[11]After the loan expired Sapała immediately signed a new contract with Raków Częstochowa.On September 22, 2018, during a league match with Warta Poznań, he fell on the ball and suffered a hand injury, which was a fracture of two forearm bones, with splinters and dislocations.[12]Sapała signed a contract with Wisła Kraków until the end of June 2025 on 13 December.[13]

International career

Sapała was called up to the Poland U20 in 2016.[14] He made his debut on March 23, 2016 against Italy U20.[15]

Career statistics
As of 24 February 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dolcan Ząbki 2015–16 I liga 14100——141
Piast Gliwice 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 20———20
2016–17 Ekstraklasa 2100——21
Total 18200——182
GKS Katowice (loan) 2016–17 I liga 60———60
Raków Częstochowa (loan) 2017–18 I liga 161———161
Raków Częstochowa 2018–19 I liga 18020——200
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 34221——363
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 24050——290
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 902010—120
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 1000101030
Total 108311120101224
Wisła Kraków 2022–23 II liga 3000——30
Career total 129511120101436

Honours

Raków Częstochowa

References
  1. Igor Sapała at WorldFootball.net
  2. Igor Sapała at Soccerway
  3. "Igor Sapała - droga piłkarza Rakowa do ekstraklasy. Wywiad - PKO Ekstraklasa" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. "Pogoń Siedlce 0 - 4 Dolcan Ząbki" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. "Dolcan Ząbki 4 - 1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. "Igor Sapała piłkarzem Piasta" (in Polish). piast.gliwice.pl. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. "Legia Warszawa 4 - 0 Piast Gliwice" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. "Piast Gliwice 1 - 5 Legia Warszawa" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. "IGOR SAPAŁA PIŁKARZEM GKS-U KATOWICE" (in Polish). gkskatowice.eu. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  10. "GKS Katowice 2 - 2 Stomil Olsztyn" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  11. "Puszcza Niepołomice 2 - 3 Raków Częstochowa" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  12. "Fatalna kontuzja piłkarza Rakowa Częstochowa. "Złamanie z przemieszczeniem"" (in Polish). polsatsport.pl. 22 September 2018.
  13. "Igor Sapała piłkarzem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). wisla.krakow.pl. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  14. "Niebiesko-Czerwoni powołani do reprezentacji" (in Polish). piast-gliwice.eu.
  15. "U-20: PORAŻKA BIAŁO-CZERWONYCH Z WŁOCHAMI W OSTATNIM MECZU TURNIEJU CZTERECH NARODÓW" (in Polish). pzpn.pl. 23 February 2016.
  16. "Raków Częstochowa mistrzem Polski!". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2023.
  17. "Raków Częstochowa 2-1 Arka Gdynia". 90Minut (in Polish). 2 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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