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The Polish striker made the best debut in Serie A in 70 years, scoring 8 goals in only 5 games, an overall of 12 goals in 6 games.

Krzysztof Piątek born 1 July 1995 is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A side Genoa and the Polish national team.

Club career

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He made his debut in Ekstraklasa on 18 May 2014 in a match against Cracovia.

Cracovia
In 2016, Piątek joined fellow Polish side Cracovia. Over the course of the next two seasons, he scored 32 league goals in 64 appearances for the club. That tally included a haul of 21 goals during his second season which which saw him end the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa campaign as the third top-goalscorer in Poland.

Genoa
On 8 June 2018 Piątek signed a four-year contract with Serie A side Genoa for a reported fee of €4 million. He scored four goals, including a hat-trick in the opening 19 minutes, on debut in a 4–0 Coppa Italia win over Lecce.

Piątek made his Serie A debut on 26 August by scoring in the opening six minutes of the match in a 2–1 win over Empoli. The following week, he scored his first brace of the season in a 5–2 loss to Sassuolo, which was followed by another strike in a 4–1 loss to Lazio, thus becoming the first player since Andriy Shevchenko in 1999 to score five goals in his first four Serie A appearances.

During his following match, a 2–0 victory over Chievo, he scored his 10th goal across all competitions and in the process became the first player across Europe's major leagues to reach the milestone for the season. On 30 September, Piątek scored a brace inside three minutes in the 2–1 win over Frosinone to make it 8 goals in just 6 matches, the best ever start by a debutant since Karl Aage Hansen in 1949–50 season.

International career
Uncapped, Piątek was included in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but was one of 12 players cut from the final team for the tournament in Russia.

He made his international debut on 11 September 2018, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw with the Republic of Ireland in Wrocław and making way for Mateusz Klich after 61 minutes.

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