Michał Kieca (born 23 July 1999) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Michał Kieca
Personal information
Full name Michał Kieca
Date of birth (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Katowice, Poland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2007–2009 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2009–2012 APN Czeladź
2012–2015 Ruch Chorzów
2015–2018 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 8 (0)
2018Piast Żmigród (loan) 16 (2)
2018–2019Skra Częstochowa (loan) 33 (4)
2020Skra Częstochowa (loan) 13 (0)
2021 Bytovia Bytów 16 (0)
2021–2022 Piast Żmigród 33 (0)
2022–2023 Przemsza Siewierz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career edit

Zagłębie Sosnowiec edit

Kieca started playing at Zagłębie Sosnowiec as a youth, and later left to play for APN Czeladź and Ruch Chorzów, before returning to Zagłębie in 2015. In 2016, 17-year old Kieca scored 20 goals in 25 games for Zagłębie's U19s.[2] He was promoted to the first team squad in the summer 2017 and also scored in a pre-season friendly against ŁKS Łódź in that summer.

On 2 August 2017, he signed a deal until the end of 2020.[2] However, he was loaned out to III liga club Piast Żmigród in March 2018 for the rest of the season, to gain more experience.[3] Kieca played 16 games and scored two goals for the club. Returning from loan in the summer 2018, he was immediately loaned out to II liga club Skra Częstochowa for the 2018–19 season.

After returning from loan, Kieca got his official debut on 26 September 2019 against ŁKS Łódź.[4] He signed a new deal with the club until 30 June 2022 on the same day.[5]

At the end of 2019, Kieca was one out of six players that was on Zagłębie's transfer list, after playing only 16 minutes in the league and 90 minutes in the cup in the 2019–20 season.[6] However, he ended up re-joining Skra Częstochowa on loan in January 2020 for the rest of the season.[7]

In the first 10 league games of the 2020–21 season, Kieca was used six times as a substitute.

Bytovia Bytów edit

On 28 January 2021, Kieca joined II liga club Bytovia Bytów on a deal for the rest of the season.[8] Kieca left the club again at the end of the season, where his contract expired.

Later career edit

On 26 July 2021, Kieca returned to his former club, Piast Żmigród.[9] He got his debut on 7 August 2021 against Odra Wodzisław. In August 2022, Kieca joined Polish amateur side Przemsza Siewierz.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ Michał Kieca at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Michał Kieca z nowym kontraktem, zaglebie.eu, 2 August 2017
  3. ^ Michał Kieca w Piaście Żmigród, zaglebie.eu, 1 March 2018
  4. ^ ZAGŁĘBIE SOSNOWIEC VS. ŁKS ŁÓDŹ 0 - 3, soccerway.com, 16 September 2019
  5. ^ Michał Kieca przedłużył umowę z Zagłębiem, zaglebie.eu, 26 September 2019
  6. ^ Zagłębie Sosnowiec wystawiło sześciu piłkarzy na listę transferową, twojezaglebie.pl, 11 December 2019
  7. ^ Michał Kieca opuszcza Zagłębie Sosnowiec. Został wypożyczony do Skry Częstochowa, twojezaglebie.pl, 1 January 2020
  8. ^ Michał Kieca odszedł do Bytovii, zaglebie.sosnowiec.pl, 28 January 2021
  9. ^ Do drużyny trenera Marcina Foltyna dołącza..., facebook.com, 27 July 2021
  10. ^ 🔥🔥 TRANSFERY 2022 🔥🔥, facebook.com, 4 August 2022

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