Rafał Janicki

Janicki's current-season form is level with last season (Season 34→34), while his Rating held around 16. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 34).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Gornik Zabrze · 2nd	3	0	0	6.9	16	34
2025/26	Gornik Zabrze · 2nd	31	4	0	7.12	16	34
2024/25	Gornik Zabrze · 9th	23	0	0	6.99	16	25
2023/24	Gornik Zabrze · 6th	26	1	0	7.06	20	29
2022/23	Gornik Zabrze · 6th	15	0	1	7.1	19	16

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons in the full career.

Poland · international

Side	Apps	G
Poland U21	8	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

R. Janicki is a 34-year-old central defender at Gornik Zabrze, enjoying a standout season — 4 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 34. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.9. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (91.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.07 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Janicki.

On the season, Janicki graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 9 clean sheets and 3.068 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 34). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16. At 34 Janicki is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Janicki is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level

15.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

34.4

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

91.1%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.07

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Gornik Zabrze finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side

Apps

3.07

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 4 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 91.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 34, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 15.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %91.1%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.129

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.129

Defensive actions / 903.068

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Cards / 900.161

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 34, Janicki sits on 1.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Janicki's projected Rating — 15.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles39

Interceptions19

Blocks37

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

Transfer history

Gornik ZabrzeJul 2021 – nowFree

PPodbeskidzieuntil Jul 2021

WWisla KrakowJul 2019 – Jul 2021Free

Lechia Gdansk(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Jul 2019

Lech Poznan(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2019

Lechia Gdanskuntil Jul 2017

About R. Janicki

Rafał Janicki is a 34-year-old centre-back who plays for Gornik Zabrze, born on July 5, 1992 in Szczecin, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Poland. Gornik Zabrze currently sit 2nd of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, R. Janicki has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 270 minutes, averaging a 6.73 match rating over his last 4 rated games.

Recent matches

August 20, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Monaco (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 16, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Wisla Krakow (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
August 8, 2026: 3-1 win away at Radomiak Radom (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
July 25, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Slask Wroclaw (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)

R. Janicki's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Gornik Zabrze face GKS Katowice at home in the Ekstraklasa.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Janicki at 15.9 with a Season form score of 34.4. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, R. Janicki has totalled 407 club appearances with 15 goals and 1 assist for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 35 appearances for Lechia Gdansk.

R. Janicki's career has also included time at PPodbeskidzie, WWisla Krakow, Lechia Gdansk and Lech Poznan.

On the international stage, R. Janicki has represented Poland U21 — 8 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.