Paweł Wszołek

Polonia Warsaw

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 appearances. 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…

Wszołek played for the Poland national under-19 football team. In September 2012, Wszołek was called up by the senior national team for the first time. Upon learning of being called up, Wszołek said it was a dream come true for him to be called up. Wszołek debuted for the Poland national football team on 12 October 2012 in a friendly match against South Africa, which saw Poland win 1–0. In his eighth appearance for the national side against Finland on 26 March 2016, Wszołek scored his first goals, in a 5–0 win. After the match, Wszołek said scoring two goals against Finland was "the best time of his career". On 12 May 2016, Wszołek was called by the national team for the UEFA Euro 2016 preliminary squad. However, Wszołek suffered an elbow injury during a training with the national squad, putting his hopes of being included in the Poland squad in doubt. Following this, it was announced that Wszołek would be cut from the squad because of the injury and would be out for three months after having a surgery. It wasn't until on 10 October 2016 when Wszołek made his first appearance for Poland since being cut from squad for UEFA Euro 2016, where he came on as a substitute for injured Artur Jędrzejczyk, in a 2–1 win over Armenia.

Club

As of match played 1 May 2026

International

As of match played 17 November 2025

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

Wszołek was once convicted after he drove his BMW without a driving license and was late for training. In addition, Wszołek struggled in school, as he was missed regularly and was urged by his mother not to quit school; leading him to take an evening course. In addition to speaking Polish, Wszołek speaks German (having studied it from school), Italian (having learn to adapt from it) and currently learning English.