Karol Linetty

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Karol Linetty
Linetty with Lech Poznań in 2014
Personal information
Full name Karol Linetty[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Żnin, Poland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Torino
Number 77
Youth career
2006 Sokół Damasławek
2006–2012 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Lech Poznań 93 (6)
2016–2020 Sampdoria 124 (11)
2020– Torino 88 (2)
International career‡
2010 Poland U15 4 (0)
2011–2012 Poland U17 12 (1)
2012 Poland U19 6 (0)
2013–2017 Poland U21 8 (0)
2014– Poland 47 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Linetty in 2015

Karol Linetty ([ˈkarɔl liˈnɛttɨ] ⓘ; born 2 February 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Torino and the Poland national team.

Linetty began his professional playing career at Lech Poznań. He joined Italian side Sampdoria in July 2016 and made over 100 appearances for the club, before moving to Torino in September 2020.

Club career[edit]

Lech Poznań[edit]

Linetty was called up to the first team of Lech Poznań in 2012. He made his debut on November 2, 2012, as a substitute for Szymon Drewniak in the 60th minute against Wisła Kraków.[2]

Italy[edit]

In July 2016, Linetty moved to Serie A club Sampdoria and signed a five-year contract with the club.[3]

In September 2020, Linetty signed for Torino for a reported fee of €7.5 million on a four-year contract.[citation needed] On 13 November 2023, he scored his first goal for the club against Roma in the 55th minute.[4] On 3 January 2024, Linetty extended his contract with Torino until 30 June 2025.[5]

International career[edit]

Linetty debuted for the Polish senior squad on 18 January 2014 against Norway, scoring a goal which eventually resulted in a 3-0 victory for Poland.[6] He was later selected for the UEFA Euro 2016.[7]

In June 2018, Linetty was named in Poland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 6 November 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 14 0 — — — 14 0
2013–14 Ekstraklasa 28 1 — — — 28 1
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 23 2 5 3 1 0 — 29 5
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 28 3 3 0 9 1 1[a] 1 41 5
Total 93 6 8 3 10 1 1 1 112 11
Sampdoria 2016–17 Serie A 35 1 3 0 — — 38 1
2017–18 Serie A 29 3 0 0 — — 29 3
2018–19 Serie A 32 3 3 0 — — 35 3
2019–20 Serie A 28 4 2 0 — — 30 4
Total 124 11 8 0 — — 132 11
Torino 2020–21 Serie A 27 1 3 0 — — 30 1
2021–22 Serie A 16 0 2 0 — — 18 0
2022–23 Serie A 32 1 3 0 — — 35 1
2023–24 Serie A 9 0 1 0 — — 10 0
Total 82 2 9 0 — — 93 2
Career total 292 19 24 3 10 1 1 1 337 24
  1. ^ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

International[edit]

As of match played 10 September 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2014 5 1
2015 4 0
2016 4 0
2017 5 0
2018 5 0
2019 0 0
2020 7 1
2021 10 3
2022 2 0
2023 5 0
Total 47 5
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Linetty goal.
List of international goals scored by Karol Linetty
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 January 2014 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Norway 3–0 3–0 Friendly
2 14 October 2020 Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 3–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
3 14 June 2021 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Slovakia 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2020
4 2 September 2021 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland  Albania 4–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 5 September 2021 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 4–0 7–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[edit]

Lech Poznań

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Ekstraklasa: To już nie szlagier. Wisła - Lech 0:1". Przegląd Sportowy Onet (in Polish). Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ Szymandera, Mateusz (29 July 2016). "Linetty w Sampdorii". Lech Poznań (in Polish).
  4. ^ "AS Roma 1-1 Torino | Final Score". ESPN. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Linetty, rinnovo sino al 2025" [Linetty, renews until 2025]. Torino FC (in Italian). 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ Zimkowski, Bartosz (18 January 2024). "Wygrana w dobrym stylu - relacja z meczu Polska - Norwegia". Sportowe Fakty (in Polish).
  7. ^ Korzeniowski, Paweł (30 May 2016). "Adam Nawałka podał ostateczną kadrę na Euro 2016!". Sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. ^ Karol Linetty at Soccerway
  10. ^ Karol Linetty at National-Football-Teams.com

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