Igor Sapała

Igor Sapała
Sapała with Raków Częstochowa in 2021
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 Midfielder
Youth career
–2012 Polonia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Polonia Warsaw
2014 → Żyrardowianka Żyrardów (loan)
2015 → Bzura Chodaków (loan)
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)
2023–2024 Wisła Kraków 25 (1)
2024 Wisła Kraków II 4 (1)
International career
2016 Poland U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2024

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

Club career

Early career

At the age of 6, Sapała joined the junior teams of Polonia Warsaw.[3] He was sent on loan to Żyrardowianka Żyrardów in 2014, then to Bzura Chodaków in early 2015.

Dolcan Ząbki

On 8 July 2015, after a short trial, he signed a contract with Dolcan Ząbki. He made his debut for the team on 1 August 2015 in a I liga match against Pogoń Siedlce.[4] He scored the team's first goal in a league match against Zagłębie Sosnowiec on 31 October 2015.[5]

Piast Gliwice and loan to GKS

On 3 March 2016, Sapała joined Piast Gliwice.[6] He made his Ekstraklasa debut on 8 May 2016 against Legia Warsaw.[7] He scored his first goal for Piast on 11 December 2016 in a 1–5 league defeat against Legia Warsaw.[8] On 8 February 2017, he was loaned to GKS Katowice for six months.[9] He made his debut for GKS on 10 March 2017 against Stomil Olsztyn.[10]

Raków Częstochowa

On 25 July 2017, Sapała joined Raków Częstochowa on a one-year loan. He made his debut on 6 August 2017 in a league match against Puszcza Niepołomice.[11] After the loan expired, Sapała joined Raków on a permanent basis. On 22 September 2018, during a I liga fixture against 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]

Wisła Kraków

On 13 December 2022, Sapała signed a contract with Wisła Kraków until June 2025.[13] Throughout the 2023–24 season, Sapała made two Polish Cup appearances in the early rounds, as Wisła went on to win their fifth, and Sapała's third, cup title on 2 May 2024.[14]

On 8 November 2024, having made his last first-team appearance in August, Sapała and Wisła agreed to part ways.[15]

International career

Sapała was called up to the Poland U20 in 2016.[16] He made his debut on 23 March 2016 against Italy.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 September 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Polish Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dolcan Ząbki 2015–16 I liga 14100——141
Piast Gliwice 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 20———20
2016–17 Ekstraklasa 2100——21
Total 4100——41
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 90201[a]0—120
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 10001[a]01[b]030
Total 102311120101164
Wisła Kraków 2022–23 I liga 7000——70
2023–24 I liga 17120——191
2024–25 I liga 10003[c]10041
Total 251203100302
Wisła Kraków II 2024–25 III liga, group IV 41———41
Career total 155713151101749
  1. 1 2 Appearance in UEFA Conference League
  2. ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Raków Częstochowa

Wisła Kraków

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. 1 2 "Olbrzymia niespodzianka w finale Pucharu Polski. Wisła Kraków wygrała z Pogonią Szczecin [WIDEO]". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  15. ↑ Janus, Sebastian (8 November 2024). "Wisła Kraków pozbywa się problemu. Kontrakt z pomocnikiem rozwiązany". goal.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  16. ↑ "Niebiesko-Czerwoni powołani do reprezentacji" (in Polish). piast-gliwice.eu. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "U-20: PORAŻKA BIAŁO-CZERWONYCH Z WŁOCHAMI W OSTATNIM MECZU TURNIEJU CZTERECH NARODÓW" (in Polish). pzpn.pl. 23 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Raków Częstochowa mistrzem Polski!". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Jak punktowali mistrzowie 1 ligi?". 1liga.org (in Polish). 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "Raków Częstochowa 2-1 Arka Gdynia". 90Minut (in Polish). 2 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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