Pawal Wszolek

Paweł Marek Wszołek born 30 April 1992) is Polish footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa side Legia Warsaw and the Poland national football team.

Born in Tczew, Poland, Wszołek played at the academies of Wisła Tczew, Lechia Gdańsk and re-joining Wisła Tczew before he left for Polonia Warsaw in the summer of 2009. As a result of joining the academies, Wszołek had to relocate and while at Lechia Gdańsk, he once lived in the dormitory for a month before moving with his mother. Because of this, his family had a financial problem, leading to his mother taking out loan money and once spend the loan money to buy him a car. In the end, as his career progressed, Wszołek helped his mother to pay all the debt and in return, he bought his mother a new apartment.

Wszołek made his senior team debut for Polonia Warsaw on 13 November 2010, coming on as a substitute in the second half, in a 3–1 win over Ruch Chorzów. Wszołek went on to finish the 2011–12 season, making seven appearance.

The 2011–12 season saw Wszołek established himself in the first team and made his first appearance of the season, in the opening game of the season, where he came on as a substitute in the second half and set up a goal for Bruno Coutinho to score the only goal in the game, in a 1–0 win over Lechia Gdańsk. Then on 18 September 2011, Wszołek set up the opener for Tomasz Jodłowiec against Legia Warsaw in the Warsaw derby, in a 2–1 win for Polonia Warsaw. Three days later, on 21 September 2013, Wszołek scored and set up one of the three goals, in a 4–0 win over Ruch Radzionków. It wasn't until on 12 March 2012 when he scored his league goal, in a 4–1 win over Jagiellonia Białystok. Then on 1 April 2012, he set up two goals, in a 3–0 win over Śląsk Wrocław. In the last game of the season, Wszołek scored his second goal for the club, in a 1–1 draw against Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. Wszołek finished the 2011–12 season, making twenty-eight appearance and scoring three times in all competitions.

In the 2012–13 season, Wszołek started the season well when he scored eight goals in the all competition against Miedź Legnica (in which he scored a brace), Lechia Gdańsk (in which he was named Team of the Week Matchday 1) Wisła Kraków (in which he was named Team of the Week Matchday 3), Widzew Łódź, Zagłębie Lubin, Śląsk Wrocław and Bełchatów (in which he was named Team of the Week Matchday 9). In the January transfer window, Wszołek began to attract interests from Serie A clubs and Bundesliga side Schalke and Hannover 96, in which he almost left the club to join them. However, the move collapsed after he failed to show up for the medical. Despite this, Wszołek stayed at the club and continued to be a regular for the rest of the season, scoring two more league goals against Ruch Chorzow and Podbeskidzie. Wszołek went on to finish the 2012–13 season, making twenty-nine appearance and scoring ten times in all competition.