Sebastian Szymański
Country: Poland
Date of birth: 10/05/1999 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Biała Podlaska (Poland)
Height: 174cm
Youth career: TOP 54 Biała Podlaska, Legia Warszawa (since 2013)
Current club: Legia Warszawa
Squad number: 53
Current national team: Poland U-19
Position: defensive midfielder, central midfielder, wide midfielder, attacking midfielder, winger
Preferred foot: left
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —
Tournaments participated in: UEFA Youth League 2015/2016 (1/0), 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0), UEFA Youth League 2016/2017 (2/0)
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Giovani Lo Celso
Strengths:
– pace 
– acceleration
– passing
– vision
– creativity 
– dribbling 
– long shots
– versatility
– teamwork 
Weaknesses:
– aerial duels
– needs to improve his strength to endure strongest players
– should improve some aspects of his game such as defensive reliability and consistency
Style of play:
– creative, energetic and pacey box-to-box midfielder
– versatile player who can play multiple positions effectively when needed
– likes to play through balls
– capable both of creating chances for team-mates, as well as scoring goals himself, due to his vision and ability to play off of other players
– often makes pacy, energetic runs with the ball through the middle
– likes to shoot from distance
– impacts the game at both the ends of the pitch
– able to produce powerful and dangerous runs up field on the counter attack
– high number of touches and passes per game
– excellent vision and ability to read the game
– capable of shooting on-target goals from great distances
– likes to make surging runs into penalty box
– known for his “quick feet”, speed of movement and close control
– provides dynamism to the team’s build up process
– set-piece specialist
He is best suited to playing as:
Central midfielder in 4-3-3.
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Achievements:
Polish U-19 Championship 2015/2016 winner with Legia.
League summary (as for 7 October 2016):
Ekstraklasa 2016/2017 (ongoing): 1 match/0 goals (Legia)
Description:
Sebastian Szymański joined Legia Warszawa youth academy as a young child from TOP 54 Biała Podlaska. In the 2015/16 season, he won Polish U-19 Championship with Legia. Several months later, he attended preseason camp with the team’s first squad already. He made his professional debut on 7 July 2016 in a Polish SuperCup game, which Legia lost 1-4 in poor style. A month and a half later he played his first Ekstraklasa game against Arka Gdynia. He has been a Polish international for many years now – he started in the U-15 side and is currently a member of the U-19 team.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8/10 
First team material in a top European club.
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