Piotr Malarczyk

Piotr Kamil Malarczyk (born 1 August 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Korona Kielce.^[2]

Piotr Malarczyk

Malarczyk playing for Korona Kielce in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Piotr Kamil Malarczyk[1]
Date of birth	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kielce, Poland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Korona Kielce
Number	4
Youth career
2001–2008	Korona Kielce
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Korona Kielce II	14	(2)
2009–2015	Korona Kielce	125	(8)
2015–2016	Ipswich Town	3	(0)
2016	→ Southend United (loan)	2	(0)
2016–2018	Cracovia	36	(1)
2018–2019	Korona Kielce	23	(0)
2018–2019	Korona Kielce II	9	(2)
2019–2021	Piast Gliwice	25	(2)
2021–	Korona Kielce	73	(4)
2022	Korona Kielce II	1	(0)
International career
2009–2010	Poland U19	3	(0)
2010–2011	Poland U20	5	(0)
2011–2012	Poland U21	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:30, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Malarczyk began his career with Polish club Korona Kielce. After coming through the club’s youth system, he went on to make over 100 appearances for the Korona senior team. In 2015 he moved to English club Ipswich Town, where he spent a single season, including a short loan at Southend United, before returning to Poland to join Cracovia. He spent two years at Cracovia before returning to Korona Kielce in 2018. In 2019 Malarczyk joined Piast Gliwice.

He has won caps for Poland at U19, U20 and U21 levels.

Club career

Malarczyk made his debut for Korona in a 3–2 defeat to Wisła Kraków on 30 October 2009.^[3]

Malarczyk joined English Football League Championship club Ipswich Town on 28 August 2015, after Ipswich triggered a buy-out clause inserted into a new one-year deal he had signed in June, which meant he could move on if a foreign club made an offer of 50,000 Polish Zloty, just over £8,500. He made his debut a day later coming on as a substitute in the 2–3 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.^[4] He made six appearances for the Championship club during the 2015–16 season.^[5]

On 24 March, Malarczyk joined Southend United on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.^[6] He made his debut for Southend in a 0–1 defeat to Bradford City on 30 April. Malarczyk made one further appearance during his loan spell before returning to Ipswich at the end of the season.^[5]

International career

Malarczyk has won caps for Poland at U19, U20 and U21 levels.^[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Korona Kielce II	2008–09	III liga, gr. G	14	2	—		—		—		14	2
Korona Kielce	2009–10	Ekstraklasa	6	0	2	0	—		—		8	0
	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	2011–12	Ekstraklasa	16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
	2012–13	Ekstraklasa	25	2	2	0	—		—		27	2
	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	27	3	1	0	—		—		28	3
	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	35	2	1	0	—		—		36	2
	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		125	8	8	0	—		—		133	8
Ipswich Town	2015–16	Championship	3	0	2	0	1	0	—		6	0
Southend United (loan)	2015–16	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Cracovia	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	20	0	0	0	—		0	0	20	0
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
	Total		36	1	0	0	—		—		36	1
Korona Kielce	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	16	0	1	0	—		—		17	0
	Total		23	0	1	0	—		—		24	0
Korona Kielce II	2018–19[8]	IV liga Holy Cross	8	2	—		—		—		8	2
	2019–20	III liga, gr. IV	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		9	2	—		—		—		9	2
Piast Gliwice	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	11	0	1	0	—		0	0	12	0
	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	14	2	2	0	—		1[c]	0	17	2
	Total		25	2	3	0	—		1	0	29	2
Korona Kielce	2021–22	I liga	28	1	1	1	—		2[d]	0	31	2
	2022–23	Ekstraklasa	17	3	1	0	—		—		18	3
	2023–24	Ekstraklasa	22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	2024–25	Ekstraklasa	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		71	4	4	1	—		2	0	77	5
Korona Kielce II	2022–23	III liga, gr. IV	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Career total			309	19	18	1	1	0	3	0	331	20

1. Includes Polish Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in I liga promotion play-offs

Honours

Korona Kielce II

• IV liga Świętokrzyskie: 2018–19^[9]