Sebastian Szymański

Sebastian Szymański (born 10 May 1999) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Poland national team.

Sebastian Szymanski

Szymański playing for Feyenoord in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Sebastian Szymański[1]
Date of birth	(1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Biała Podlaska, Poland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	53
Youth career
2005–2013	TOP 54 Biała Podlaska
2013–2015	Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Legia Warsaw II	23	(5)
2016–2019	Legia Warsaw	65	(7)
2019–2023	Dynamo Moscow	77	(8)
2022–2023	→ Feyenoord (loan)	29	(9)
2023–	Fenerbahçe	68	(13)
International career‡
2014–2015	Poland U16	9	(1)
2015–2016	Poland U17	10	(2)
2016	Poland U18	2	(1)
2016–2017	Poland U19	9	(0)
2017–2019	Poland U21	16	(3)
2019–	Poland	43	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2025

Club career

Early career

Szymański started training at the age of six at TOP 54 Biała Podlaska. In March 2013, he became a player of Legia Warsaw. In the 2015–16 season, he appeared in 12 matches and scored once for Legia's reserve team. He also played in one UEFA Youth League match and three matches of the Central Junior League, which Legia won after beating Pogoń Szczecin 5–4 on aggregate in a two-legged final, with Szymanski scoring twice in the second leg.^[2]

Legia Warsaw

In July 2016, Szymański was promoted to the first team and debuted on the seventh day in a 1–4 loss to Lech Poznań in the Polish Super Cup final.^[3] He made his Ekstraklasa debut on 20 August 2016 in a 1–3 loss to Arka Gdynia. In November 2016, he extended his contract with Legia until the end of June 2019. On 3 March 2017, in a 3–1 win over Zagłębie Lubin, he scored his first goal for Legia's first team. In the 2016–17 season, he won the Ekstraklasa title with the club, and was the youngest player to score a league goal that season.^[4] He also appeared in nine matches of the third-league reserves, scoring two goals, and five matches of the UEFA Youth League, in which he scored twice. In October 2017, he extended his contract with the club until 2022. In the 2017–18 campaign, he won the Polish Cup with Legia.^[5]

Dynamo Moscow

Szymański with Dynamo Moscow in 2021

On 31 May 2019, Szymański signed a five-year contract with the Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow.^[6]

Szymański was voted by Dynamo fans as "player of the month" for October 2019.^[7] On 9 November 2019, he scored his first goal for Dynamo, the only goal of the game in a 1–0 victory over FC Rubin Kazan. It was the first Dynamo away victory against Rubin in 13 years.^[8][9]

On 2 June 2021, he signed a new contract with Dynamo for a five-year term.^[10] He was voted player of the month by Dynamo fans for July 2021,^[11] August 2021^[12] and November 2021.^[13]

Feyenoord (loan)

On 22 July 2022, Szymański joined Dutch club Feyenoord on a one-year loan with an option to buy for the club.^[14]

On 7 August 2022, he made his Eredivisie debut with Feyenoord against Vitesse and made two assists of 2-5 away win. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August 2022, scoring the fourth goal in the club's 4–0 win over FC Emmen.^[15]

Szymański taking a corner kick for Fenerbahçe in 2023

Fenerbahçe

On 12 July 2023, Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Szymański on a four-year contract, for €9.75 million.^[16][17] On 26 July 2023, he scored his first goal in his debut in UEFA Conference League against Zimbru at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe won 5–0.^[18] On 13 August 2023, he made his Süper Lig debut against Gaziantep FK at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe won 2–1.^[19][20] He made his Turkish Cup debut on 7 February 2024, against Gaziantep FK at the Gaziantep Stadium, Fenerbahçe won 2–0.^[21] On 9 February 2025, against Alanyaspor, he scored 4000th goal of the team in Süper Lig history.^[22]

On 13 March 2025, he scored double in 2024–25 UEFA Europa League knockout phase against Glasgow Rangers at the Ibrox Stadium, Fenerbahçe won 2–0.^[23]

On 6 April 2025, he made his 100th appearances (and scored 20 goals in his first 100 matches) in all competitions for Fenerbahçe against Trabzonspor in a 4-1 Süper Lig home win.^[24]

International career

In May 2018, Szymański was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup,^[25] but did not make the final 23.^[26]

On 9 September 2019, Szymański debuted for the senior Polish squad by replacing Kamil Grosicki in the 70th minute during a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Austria.^[27] He started for the first time in the same qualification on 10 October against Latvia and assisted on one of the goals, resulting in a 3-0 victory for Poland that secured their final tournament spot.^[28] Szymański scored his first goal for his country on 19 November 2019 in the last qualifying group game against Slovenia.^[29] On 15 October 2024, he scored a goal in a 3–3 draw against Croatia in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League.^[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2025^[31][32]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Legia Warsaw II	2015–16	III liga, gr. I	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	2016–17	III liga, gr. I	9	2	—		—		—		9	2
	2017–18	III liga, gr. I	2	2	—		—		—		2	2
	Total		23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	5
Legia Warsaw	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	10	1	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	11	1
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	21	4	6	3	5[c]	1	1[b]	0	33	8
	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	34	2	3	0	4[d]	0	1[b]	0	42	2
	Total		65	7	9	3	9	1	3	0	86	11
Dynamo Moscow	2019–20	Russian Premier League	22	1	1	0	—		—		23	1
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	28	1	2	0	1[e]	0	—		31	1
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	27	6	5	0	—		—		32	6
	Total		77	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	86	8
Feyenoord (loan)	2022–23	Eredivisie	29	9	2	0	9[e]	1	—		40	10
Fenerbahçe	2023–24	Süper Lig	37	10	2	0	16[f]	3	0	0	55	13
	2024–25	Süper Lig	28	3	2	1	16[g]	3	0	0	46	7
	Total		65	13	4	1	32	6	0	0	101	20
Career total			258	41	23	4	51	8	3	0	336	54

1. Includes Polish Cup, Russian Cup, KNVB Cup and Turkish Cup
2. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
3. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
7. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 24 March 2025^[33]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2019	5	1
	2020	5	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	9	0
	2023	10	1
	2024	11	3
	2025	2	0
Total		43	5

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Szymański goal.

List of international goals scored by Sebastian Szymański^[33]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 November 2019	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Slovenia	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2	12 October 2023	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
3	21 March 2024	Kazimierz Górski National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Estonia	5–0	5–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4	5 September 2024	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	3–2	2024–25 UEFA Nations League A
5	15 October 2024	Kazimierz Górski National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Croatia	3–3	3–3	2024–25 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2016–17, 2017–18
• Polish Cup: 2017–18

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 2022–23^[34]

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Month: April 2019^[35]
• Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2022^[36]