Michał Matyas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Brzozów, Poland | ||
Date of death | 22 October 1975 65) | (aged||
Place of death | Kraków, Poland | ||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Naftowyk Borysław | ||
Youth career | |||
1924-1926 | Lechia Lwów[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1926–1939 | Pogoń Lwów | 156[1] | (100[1]) |
1939–1940 | Naftovyk Boryslav | ||
1941 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6[1] | (2[1]) |
1942–1944 | Lwów local teams[1] | ||
1945–1948 | Polonia Bytom | ||
National team | |||
1932–1939 | Poland | 18 | (7) |
Teams managed | |||
1950–1954 | Wisła Kraków | ||
1955–1956 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
1957–1958 | Stal Mielec | ||
1959–1961 | Cracovia | ||
1962–1963 | Stal Mielec | ||
– | Polonia Bytom | ||
1966–1967 | Poland | ||
1968–1969 | Cracovia | ||
1969–1970 | Górnik Zabrze | ||
1970–1971 | Wisła Kraków | ||
1972–1973 | Cracovia | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (28 September 1910, in Brzozów – 22 October 1975, in Kraków) was a Polish football player, who represented such teams as Pogoń Lwów and Polonia Bytom,[2] as well as Poland.[3] Among fans in Poland he was known as Myszka and in the Soviet Union he played under name of Mikhail.[1] His real occupation was a petroleum technician.[1]
After moving to Lwów in 1924 he started playing in junior team of Lechia and in 1926 moved to Pogoń, for which Matyas played for 14 seasons.[1] His debut in the national team took place on 10 July 1932 in Warsaw (Poland - Sweden 2-0). Altogether he played in 18 international games (including the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin), scoring 7 goals. In Pogoń, in 1935 he was the top-scorer of the Polish Football League, with 22 goals.
During the World War II in 1939-40 Matyas played in Soviet competitions for Naftovyk Boryslav and for short while for FC Dynamo Kiev in 1941.[1] Soon after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, he returned to Lwow where he played for some local city teams in 1942-44.[1] Following the war, Lwów was secured after the Soviet Union (as part of Soviet Ukraine), together with a group of Pogon’s players and activists, he settled in Bytom, where he played for Polonia Bytom in 1945-48.[1] After finishing his career, he became a coach, in 1950-1952 he was in charge of the national team of Poland. Later, he coached such teams as Stal Mielec and Cracovia.[4] He died on 22 October 1975 in Kraków.
Honours
- Ekstraklasa
- Runner-up: 1935 (Pogoń Lwów)[1]
- President of Poland Bowl
- Winner: 1938 (Lwów city team)[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Kolomiyets, A. The first real "legionnaires" (foreign players) in Kievan "Dynamo" (Перші справжні “легіонери” у київському “Динамо”). Football Federation of Kiev (FFK).
- ↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/michal-matyas/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ↑ http://www.wikipasy.pl/Micha%C5%82_Matyas