Krystian Popiela

Krystian Popiela
Personal information
Date of birth	19 January 1998
Place of birth	Tarnów, Poland
Date of death	9 September 2018 (aged 20)
Place of death	Wola Wielka, Poland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Fivos Varis
	Olympiacos
	Białe Orły Warsaw
	Polonia Warsaw
2016	Cagliari
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Wisła Płock
2017	Olimpia Grudziądz
2017–2018	Unia Tarnów
2018	Stal Rzeszów
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Krystian Popiela (19 January 1998 – 9 September 2018) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Tarnów,^[1] Popiela began his early career with Fivos Varis, Olympiacos, Białe Orły and Polonia Warsaw,^[2] before joining Italian club Cagliari in January 2016.^[3] He later played for Wisła Płock, Olimpia Grudziądz, Unia Tarnów and Stal Rzeszów.^[1]^[2]

Popiela was a son of Jarosław Popiela, who made 134 appearances in the Ekstraklasa.^[4]

Popiela died in a car crash on 9 September 2018, at the age of 20.^[3] He was buried in the cemetery at Poręba Radlna, with his funeral taking place on 14 September 2018 at the Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Świebodzin, Tarnów County.^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c Krystian Popiela at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Krystian Popiela at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
^ ^a ^b "Ex-Cagliari attacker Popiela dies". Football Italia. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Jarosław Popiela". www.90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Pogrzeb Krystiana Popieli odbędzie się w piątek o godzinie 14:30 w Świebodzinie". Nowiny24. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "Rodzina i kibice pożegnali Krystiana Popielę". Gazeta Krakowska. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

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