Piotr Malarczyk

{{short description|Polish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Piotr Malarczyk

| image = Piotr Malarczyk.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Malarczyk playing for Korona Kielce in 2013

| fullname = Piotr Kamil Malarczyk{{cite web |url=http://www.efl.com/documents/professional-retained-report-2015-16549-3151378.pdf |title=EFL: Retained list: 2015/16 |publisher=English Football League |page=27 |accessdate=29 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202052144/http://www.efl.com/documents/professional-retained-report-2015-16549-3151378.pdf |archivedate=2 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kielce, Poland

| height = 1.89 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = Korona Kielce

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 = 2001–2008 | youthclubs1 = Korona Kielce

| years1 = 2008–2009 | clubs1 = Korona Kielce II | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2009–2015 | clubs2 = Korona Kielce | caps2 = 125 | goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2015–2016 | clubs3 = Ipswich Town | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = → Southend United (loan) | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2016–2018 | clubs5 = Cracovia | caps5= 36 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Korona Kielce | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Korona Kielce II | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2019–2021 | clubs8 = Piast Gliwice | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2021– | clubs9 = Korona Kielce | caps9 = 69 | goals9 = 4

| years10 = 2022 | clubs10 = Korona Kielce II | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam1 = Poland U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam2 = Poland U20 | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam3 = Poland U21 | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 4 June 2024

}}

Piotr Kamil Malarczyk (born 1 August 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Korona Kielce.{{Soccerway|piotr-malarczyk/86493}}

Malarczyk began his career with Polish club Korona Kielce. After coming through the club’s youth system, he went on to make over 100 appearances for the Korona senior team. In 2015 he moved to English club Ipswich Town, where he spent a single season, including a short loan at Southend United, before returning to Poland to join Cracovia. He spent two years at Cracovia before returning to Korona Kielce in 2018. In 2019 Malarczyk joined Piast Gliwice.

He has won caps for Poland at U19, U20 and U21 levels.

Club career

Malarczyk made his debut for Korona in a 3–2 defeat to Wisła Kraków on 30 October 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.90minut.pl/wystepy.php?id=8561&id_sezon=75 |title=Sezon 2009/10 |publisher=90minut.pl |language=Polish |accessdate=20 March 2010}}

Malarczyk joined English Football League Championship club Ipswich Town on 28 August 2015, after Ipswich triggered a buy-out clause inserted into a new one-year deal he had signed in June, which meant he could move on if a foreign club made an offer of 50,000 Polish Zloty, just over £8,500. He made his debut a day later coming on as a substitute in the 2–3 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34086378 | title = Piotr Malarczyk: Korona Kielce defender joins Ipswich Town | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 28 August 2015|accessdate=28 August 2015}} He made six appearances for the Championship club during the 2015–16 season.{{soccerbase season|61644|2015|accessdate=15 November 2020}}

On 24 March, Malarczyk joined Southend United on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/article/malarczyk-signing-3025314.aspx#1DVQ5BWtFFU5rg7F.99|title = Blues sign Piotr Malarczyk on loan from Ipswich Town}} He made his debut for Southend in a 0–1 defeat to Bradford City on 30 April. Malarczyk made one further appearance during his loan spell before returning to Ipswich at the end of the season.

International career

Malarczyk has won caps for Poland at U19, U20 and U21 levels.{{Cite web | url = https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/27986/korona-confirm-malarczyk-joining-town | title = Korona Confirm Malarczyk Joining Town | publisher = TWTD | date = 27 August 2015|accessdate=15 November 2020}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 5 May 2024}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|National cup{{efn|Includes Polish Cup, FA Cup}}

!colspan=2|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}}

!colspan=2|Other

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Korona Kielce II

|2008–09

|III liga, gr. G

|14

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—142
rowspan=8|Korona Kielce

|2009–10

|Ekstraklasa

|6

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—80
2010–11

|Ekstraklasa

|11

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—120
2011–12

|Ekstraklasa

|16

110colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—171
2012–13

|Ekstraklasa

|25

220colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—272
2013–14

|Ekstraklasa

|27

310colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—283
2014–15

|Ekstraklasa

|35

210colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—362
2015–16

|Ekstraklasa

|5

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—50
colspan=2|Total

!125

880colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—1338
Ipswich Town

|2015–16

|Championship

|3

02010colspan="2"|—60
Southend United (loan)

|2015–16

|League One

|2

000000020
rowspan=3|Cracovia

|2016–17

|Ekstraklasa

|20

000colspan="2"|—00200
2017–18

|Ekstraklasa

|16

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—161
colspan=2|Total

!36

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—361
rowspan=3|Korona Kielce

|2017–18

|Ekstraklasa

|7

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—70
2018–19

|Ekstraklasa

|16

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
colspan=2|Total

!23

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—240
rowspan=3|Korona Kielce II

|2018–19{{cite web |title=Zawodnik: Piotr Malarczyk |url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki/zawodnik/d060a396-c0f1-4b91-b1ba-a05f2d853511?season=2018%2F2019&leagueId=1bbf167f-ec17-4d1f-91f2-6ef0e4b8fc18&tab=tab-matches |website=laczynaspilka.pl |access-date=6 June 2024 |language=pl}}

|IV liga Holy Cross

|8

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—82
2019–20

|III liga, gr. IV

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
colspan=2|Total

!9

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—92
rowspan=3|Piast Gliwice

|2019–20

|Ekstraklasa

|11

010colspan="2"|—00120
2020–21

|Ekstraklasa

|14

220colspan="2"|—1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance in UEFA Europa League}}0172
colspan=2|Total

!25

230colspan="2"|—10292
rowspan=4|Korona Kielce

|2021–22

|I liga

|28

111colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=1LPO|Appearances in I liga promotion play-offs}}0312
2022–23

|Ekstraklasa

|17

310colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—183
2023–24

|Ekstraklasa

|22

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—240
colspan=2|Total

!67

441colspan="2"|—20735
Korona Kielce II

|2022–23

|III liga, gr. IV

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
colspan=3|Career total

!305

19181103032720

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Honours

Korona Kielce II

  • IV liga Świętokrzyskie: 2018–19{{cite web |title=IV liga 2018/2019, grupa: świętokrzyska |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga10315.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=pl}}

References

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