Thiago Cionek

Thiago Cionek

Cionek with Modena in 2015
Personal information
Full name Thiago Rangel Cionek
Date of birth (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Palermo
Number 15
Youth career
Vila Hauer EC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2006 Cuiabá
2006–2007 Bragança 2 (1)
2007–2008 CRB 1 (0)
2008–2012 Jagiellonia Białystok 91 (3)
2012–2014 Padova 31 (0)
2013–2014 → Modena (loan) 33 (1)
2014–2015 Modena 51 (1)
2016– Palermo 2 (0)
National team‡
2014– Poland 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2016
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Rangel and the second or paternal family name is Cionek.

Thiago Rangel Cionek (born 21 April 1986 in Curitiba) is a Polish-Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Italian club Palermo and represents Poland internationally. Cionek speaks fluent Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian.

Club career

After beginning his career with local Cuiabá Esporte Clube, he moved to Europe for a brief spell at Portugal's GD Bragança before returning to Brazil with Clube de Regatas Brasil.

In 2008, Cionek went back to Europe, playing four seasons with Jagiellonia Białystok in his ancestral Poland. The team won the 2009–10 Polish Cup and the 2010 Polish SuperCup.

He then had a year in the Italian Serie B with Padova Calcio, before signing for another club from the same division, Modena FC on 2 September 2013.[1] On 11 January 2016, he joined his third Italian club, US Città di Palermo of Serie A.[2]

International career

Cionek is of Polish descent and received Polish citizenship in October 2011.[3][4] Cionek made his international debut on 13 May 2014, starting in a goalless friendly draw against Germany in Hamburg and was substituted for Maciej Wilusz in the 76th minute.[5]

Honours

Jagiellonia Białystok

References

  1. ↑ "THIAGO RANGEL CIONEK AL MODENA, FILIPPO CARINI AL PADOVA" [THIAGO RANGEL CIONEK TO MODENA, FILIPPO CARINI TO PADOVA] (in Italian). Modena FC. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Calciomercato Palermo,dal Modena preso Cionek" [Palermo transfer market, Cionek taken from Modena] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Dobrowolski, Piotr (December 21, 2010). "Piłkarz Jagiellonii Thiago Cionek opowiada o Wigilii w Kurytybie: Polskie święta w Brazylii" [Jagiellonia player Thiago Cionek talks about Christmas Eve in Curitiba: Polish holidays in Brazil]. gwizdek24.se.pl (in Polish). Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Thiago Cionek z polskim obywatelstwem" [Thiago Cionek has Polish citizenship]. Polish Press Agency (in Polish) (Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)). October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Germany 0-0 Poland". European Football. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

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