Sebastian Szymański

Sebastian Szymański (born 10 May 1999) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Poland national team.
Club career
Early career
He started training at the age of six at TOP 54 Biała Podlaska. In March 2013, he became a player of Legia Warsaw. In the 2015–16 season, he appeared in 12 matches and scored once for Legia's reserve team. He also played in one UEFA Youth League match and three matches of the Central Junior League, which Legia won after beating Pogoń Szczecin 5–4 on aggregate in a two-legged final, with Szymanski scoring twice in the second leg.
Legia Warsaw
In July 2016, he was promoted to the first team, in which he made his debut on 7 July 2016 in a 1–4 loss to Lech Poznań in the Polish Super Cup final. He made his Ekstraklasa debut on 20 August 2016 in a 1–3 loss to Arka Gdynia. 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 Zagłębie Lubin, 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 UEFA Youth League, 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 Polish Cup with Legia.
Dynamo Moscow
On 31 May 2019, Szymański signed a five-year contract with the Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow.
He 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 FC Rubin Kazan. 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.
After the three seasons with the team, he scored 8 goals and made 15 assists in 77 games.
Feyenoord (loan)
On 22 July 2022, Szymański joined Dutch club Feyenoord on a one-year loan with an option to buy for the club.
On 7 August 2022, he made his Eredivisie 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 FC Emmen.
At the end of season, he scored 9 goals and made 4 assists in 29 games, then won the 2022-23 Dutch Championship. Also in all competitions, he scored 10 goals and made 7 assists in 40 games.
Fenerbahçe
On 12 July 2023, Turkish Süper Lig 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 UEFA Conference League against Zimbru at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe won 5–0.
On 13 August 2023, he made his Süper Lig debut against Gaziantep FK at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe won 2–1.
International career
In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23.
He made his Poland national team debut on 9 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Austria. He replaced Kamil Grosicki in the 70th minute. He made his first start in the next qualifier on 10 October 2019 against Latvia and assisted on one of the goals as Poland won 3–0 and secured their spot at the final tournament. He scored his first goal for his country on 19 November 2019 in the last qualifying group game against Slovenia.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Szymański goal.
Honours
Legia Warsaw
Ekstraklasa: 2016–17, 2017–18
Polish Cup: 2017–18
Feyenoord
Eredivisie: 2022–23
References
External links
1999 births
Living people
People from Biała Podlaska
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
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
Footballers from Lublin Voivodeship