Igor Pieprzyca

Igor Pieprzyca
Personal information
Full name Igor Franciszek Pieprzyca[1]
Date of birth (2008-10-08) 8 October 2008
Place of birth Niepołomice, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Puszcza Niepołomice
Number 28
Youth career
2015–2018 UKS Kazimierz
2018–2023 Puszcza Niepołomice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Puszcza Niepołomice 10 (0)
International career‡
2024–2025 Poland U17 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:40, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:20, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Igor Franciszek Pieprzyca (born 8 October 2008) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice.

Career

A youth product of UKS Kazimierz, Pieprzyca moved to the youth academy of Puszcza Niepołomice in 2018.[2] He made his senior and professional debut with Puszcza Niepołomice as a late substitute in a 5–3 Ekstraklasa loss to Korona Kielce on 27 October 2023. At 15 years and 19 days old, Pieprzyca is the youngest player in Ekstraklasa history, taking the record from Janusz Sroka.[3]

Personal life

Pieprzyca is the son of the president of his club Puszcza Niepołomice, Jarosław Pieprzyca.[2] In June 2025, Pieprzyca caused an accident by driving a car into the side of a neighbor's house; 16-years-old at the time of the incident, he was under the influence of alcohol and without a driver's license.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 May 2026[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Polish Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Puszcza Niepołomice 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 2000——20
2024–25 Ekstraklasa 2000——20
2025–26 I liga 6000——60
Career total 100000000100

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Igor Pieprzyca". www.90minut.pl.
  2. 1 2 "Ewenement. Syn prezesa zgłoszony do gry w Ekstraklasie". Sport.pl. 25 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rekord pobity! 15-latek najmłodszym debiutantem w historii Ekstraklasy". www.polsatsport.pl. 27 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Żukowski, Jacek (17 June 2025). "Igor Pieprzyca, piłkarz Puszczy Niepołomice, syn prezesa klubu, wjechał autem w dom sąsiadów. 16-latek był pod wpływem alkoholu". gazetakrakowska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2025.