Mateusz Wieteska

Mateusz Wieteska (born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Turkish Süper Lig club Kocaelispor, on loan from Italian club Cagliari, and the Poland national team.

Mateusz Wieteska

Wieteska with Cagliari in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Mateusz Wieteska[1]
Date of birth	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Kocaelispor (on loan from Cagliari)
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2010	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki
2010–2014	Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Legia Warsaw II	46	(5)
2014–2017	Legia Warsaw	4	(0)
2015	→ Dolcan Ząbki (loan)	8	(1)
2017	→ Chrobry Głogów (loan)	14	(3)
2017–2018	Górnik Zabrze	35	(7)
2018–2022	Legia Warsaw	105	(6)
2020	→ Legia Warsaw II	1	(0)
2022–2023	Clermont	37	(1)
2023–	Cagliari	24	(0)
2025	→ PAOK (loan)	10	(0)
2025–	→ Kocaelispor (loan)	1	(0)
International career‡
2011	Poland U15	4	(3)
2011–2013	Poland U16	4	(1)
2011–2012	Poland U17	12	(2)
2014	Poland U18	2	(0)
2014–2016	Poland U19	20	(2)
2016–2017	Poland U20	8	(1)
2017–2019	Poland U21	17	(2)
2022–	Poland	6	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:32, 12 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025

Club career

Wieteska with Legia Warsaw in 2018

On 7 July 2017, Wieteska signed a contract with Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze.^[3] On 14 June 2018, his move to Legia Warsaw was announced.^[4]

On 25 July 2022, Ligue 1 club Clermont announced the signing of Wieteska, who joined the French side on a four-year contract.^[5]

On 29 August 2023, Wieteska moved to Serie A returnees Cagliari on a four-year deal.^[6]

On 22 January 2025, Wieteska joined Greek club PAOK on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent.^[7] On 30 July 2025, he was loaned by Kocaelispor in Turkey, with an option to buy.^[8] On 11 August 2025, while making his debut against Trabzonspor, Wieteska suffered an ACL tear in his right knee.^[9]

International career

On 15 March 2022, Wieteska was called up by the Poland national team head coach Czesław Michniewicz for the friendly match against Scotland and the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs final against Sweden.^[10]

On 14 June 2022, he debuted for Poland as a starter against Belgium in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League game.^[11]

In September 2022, Wieteska was named in the final Polish 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but did not play in any match of the tournament.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 August 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Legia Warsaw	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	3	0
	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	2	0	0	0	1[c]	0	—		3	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
Dolcan Ząbki (loan)	2015–16	I liga	8	1	0	0	—		—		8	1
Chrobry Głogów (loan)	2016–17	I liga	14	3	—		—		—		14	3
Górnik Zabrze	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	35	7	7	0	—		—		42	7
Legia Warsaw	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	27	0	1	0	6[d]	0	1[b]	0	35	0
	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	28	1	5	1	4[e]	1	—		37	3
	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	18	1	4	0	3[f]	0	1[b]	0	26	1
	2021–22	Ekstraklasa	30	4	4	0	14[g]	0	1[b]	0	49	4
	2022–23	Ekstraklasa	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
	Total		105	6	14	1	27	1	3	0	149	8
Clermont	2022–23	Ligue 1	35	0	0	0	—		—		35	0
	2023–24	Ligue 1	2	1	0	0	—		—		2	1
	Total		37	1	0	0	—		—		37	1
Cagliari	2023–24	Serie A	19	0	2	0	—		—		21	0
	2024–25	Serie A	5	0	2	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		24	0	4	0	—		—		28	0
PAOK (loan)	2024–25	Super League Greece	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Kocaelispor (loan)	2025–26	Süper Lig	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			238	18	25	1	28	1	4	0	295	20

1. Includes Polish Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
3. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
4. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
7. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 24 March 2025^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2022	2	0
	2023	2	0
	2025	2	0
Total		6	0

Honours

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21^[14]

Individual

• I liga Team of the Season: 2016–17^[15]