Adrian Cieślewicz
Adrian Cieślewicz (born 16 November 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Cymru Premier side The New Saints. A product of the Manchester City academy, Cieślewicz was born in Poland but grew up in the Faroe Islands, where he moved to at the age of 8.[5][6][7][8][9]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 November 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Gniezno, Poland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger,[1][2] striker[3][4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | The New Saints | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2007 | VB Vágur | ||
2007–2009 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2014 | Wrexham | 146 | (17) |
2014 | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | (0) |
2014 | B36 Tórshavn | 3 | (0) |
2014– | The New Saints | 218 | (64) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2023 |
Career
Cieślewicz started his career with VB Vágur, before moving to Manchester City in 2007, spending two-and-a-half years in their youth setup before transferring to Wrexham in the summer of 2009.[10][11]
After a brief spell with Kidderminster Harriers, Cieślewicz returned to the Faroe Islands in 2014 to play for B36 Tórshavn.
Personal life
His brother, Łukasz, was also a professional footballer who played for clubs in Denmark and the Faroe Islands. The pair were team-mates at B36 Tórshavn in 2014, and faced each other as opponents in 2015 when The New Saints came up against B36 in a two-legged UEFA Champions League fixture.
Their father Robert also played professional football. The family moved to the Faroe Islands in 1999 following Robert's transfer to Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar.
References
- Cieslewicz eager to get back into action
- Cieslewicz out to grab FA Cup headlines again for Wrexham
- Saints' Adrian Cieslewicz relishing brotherly Champions League battle bbc.com
- Champions League: Meet the Polish brothers going head-to-head as dream draw pits The New Saints against the Faroese champions walesonline.co.uk
- Adrian Cieślewicz: „Bądźmy szczerzy, walijską piłką nie za wiele ludzi się interesuje” igol.pl
- Szybszy ode mnie był tylko Shaun Wright-Philips - rozmowa z piłkarzem angielskiego Wrexham AFC Adrianem Cieślewiczem sportowefakty.wp.pl
- Focus on: Adrian Cieslewicz s4c.cymru
- Pojedynek wagi ciężkiej. Cieślewicz vs Cieślewicz w… Lidze Mistrzów weszlo.com
- Liga Mistrzów: Adrian Cieślewicz vs Łukasz Cieślewicz przegladsportowy.pl
- "Restauracja Bale'a z kultowym hasłem i Hollywood w piątej lidze. Polski mistrz Walii o piłce na prowincji". goal.com.
- "Szybszy ode mnie był tylko Shaun Wright-Philips - rozmowa z piłkarzem angielskiego Wrexham AFC Adrianem Cieślewiczem". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
- "Adrian Cieślewicz o lidze walijskiej: w Anglii walczylibyśmy o awans do czwartej ligi". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "Drużyna Adriana Cieślewicza mistrzem Walii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "Gol Adriana Cieślewicza. The New Saints zdobywcami Pucharu Walii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 30 April 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.