| Rafał Grzelak | |
| Fullname: | Rafał Grzelak |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Łódź, Poland |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Left winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Orzeł Łódź |
| Youthclubs2: | Widzew Łódź |
| Years1: | 1998–2000 |
| Clubs1: | ŁKS Łódź |
| Years2: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs2: | Ruch Chorzów |
| Caps2: | 24 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs3: | MSV Duisburg |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2002–2003 |
| Clubs4: | Widzew Łódź |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2003 |
| Clubs5: | Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs6: | Lech Poznań |
| Caps6: | 26 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2004–2006 |
| Clubs7: | Pogoń Szczecin |
| Caps7: | 45 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Years8: | 2006–2008 |
| Clubs8: | → Boavista (loan) |
| Caps8: | 28 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Years9: | 2006–2008 |
| Clubs9: | Boavista |
| Caps9: | 9 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2008–2011 |
| Clubs10: | Skoda Xanthi |
| Caps10: | 40 |
| Goals10: | 7 |
| Years11: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs11: | → Steaua București (loan) |
| Caps11: | 6 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2010 |
| Clubs12: | → Steaua II București (loan) |
| Caps12: | 1 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs13: | → Widzew Łódź (loan) |
| Caps13: | 7 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs14: | Ruch Chorzów |
| Caps14: | 4 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Years15: | 2013 |
| Clubs15: | Arka Gdynia |
| Caps15: | 12 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Years16: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs16: | Flota Świnoujście |
| Caps16: | 52 |
| Goals16: | 3 |
| Years17: | 2015–2018 |
| Caps17: | 89 |
| Goals17: | 9 |
| Years18: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps18: | 6 |
| Goals18: | 0 |
| Years19: | 2019 |
| Clubs19: | SV Blau-Weiß Ramsloh |
| Years20: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs20: | Prawobrzeże Świnoujście |
| Caps20: | 35 |
| Goals20: | 11 |
| Years21: | 2022 |
| Clubs21: | LKS Różyca |
| Caps21: | 8 |
| Goals21: | 0 |
| Years22: | 2022 |
| Clubs22: | Jutrzenka Bychlew |
| Caps22: | 8 |
| Goals22: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2007 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Rafał Grzelak (pronounced as /pol/; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
Born in Łódź, Grzelak made his Ekstraklasa debut on 22 May 1999 for ŁKS Łódź against Wisła Kraków.
He spent the 2006–07 season on loan at Boavista from Pogon Szczecin. In June 2007, he signed a three-year deal with the Portuguese club. He transferred to Greek side Skoda Xanthi in January 2008. On 30 June 2009, it was reported that Steaua București have signed the Polish midfielder from Skoda Xanthi.[1]
On 23 July 2009, he scored his first goal for Steaua București in a UEFA Europa League match against Újpest FC; he scored the second goal in the 2–1 victory. On 2 August 2009, Grzelak played his first Liga I match in Steaua's shirt against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ, Steaua won away with 2–0.
In January 2010, Grzelak was demoted to the B squad.
In August 2011, he joined Ruch Chorzów on a one-year contract.[2]
Grzela joined KP Starogard Gdański in July 2018.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Xanthi F.C. | 2008–09 | Superleague Greece | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| Steaua București | 2009–10 | Liga I | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Widzew Łódź | 2010–11 | Ekstraklasa | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ruch Chorzów | 2011–12 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Arka Gdynia | 2012–13 | I liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Flota Świnoujście | 2013–14 | I liga | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | I liga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Total | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |||
| Chojniczanka Chojnice | 2014–15 | I liga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2015–16 | I liga | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | I liga | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| Total | 66 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 182 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 15 | |||
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