Michał Matyas
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Brzozów,Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 22 October 1975 | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Kraków,Poland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
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 | ||
International career | |||
1932–1939 | Poland | 18 | (7) |
Managerial career | |||
1950–1954 | Gwardia Kraków | ||
1955–1956 | Warta Poznań | ||
1957–1958 | Stal Mielec | ||
1959–1961 | Cracovia | ||
1962–1963 | Stal Mielec | ||
1963–1965 | Polonia Bytom | ||
1966–1967 | Poland | ||
1968–1969 | Cracovia | ||
1969–1970 | Górnik Zabrze | ||
1970–1971 | Wisła Kraków | ||
1972–1973 | Cracovia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas(28 September 1910 – 22 October 1975) was a Polishfootballer,who represented such teams asPogoń LwówandPolonia Bytom,[2]as well as thePoland national team.[3]Among fans in Poland he was known asMyszkaand in the Soviet Union he played under name of Mikhail.[1]His real occupation was a petroleum technician.[1]
Career
[edit]Matyas was born inBrzozów.After moving toLwówin 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 inWarsawin a 2–0 win againstSweden2–0). All together he played in 18 international games (including the1936 Summer OlympicsinBerlin), scoring 7 goals.[4]In Pogoń, in 1935 he was the top-scorer of the Polish Football League, with 22 goals.
During theWorld War IIin 1939–40, Matyas played in Soviet competitions for Naftovyk Boryslav and, for a short while, forFC Dynamo Kievin 1941.[1]Soon after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, he returned to Lwów where he played for some local city teams in 1942–44.[1]Following the war, Lwów was secured after the Soviet Union (as part ofSoviet Ukraine), together with a group of Pogoń's players and activists, he settled inBytom,where he played forPolonia Bytomin 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 asStal MielecandCracovia.[5]He died on 22 October 1975 inKraków.
Honours
[edit]Pogoń Lwów
- Ekstraklasarunner-up:1932,1933,1935[1]
Lwów city team
Individual
References
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- 1910 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Brzozów County
- Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Footballers from Podkarpackie Voivodeship
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Pogoń Lwów players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- Polonia Bytom players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Soviet Top League players
- Olympic footballers for Poland
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Polish expatriate men's footballers
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Soviet Union
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Soviet Union
- Polish football managers
- Wisła Kraków managers
- Warta Poznań managers
- Stal Mielec managers
- KS Cracovia managers
- Polonia Bytom managers
- Poland national football team managers
- Górnik Zabrze managers
- Ekstraklasa managers