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Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (28 September 1910 – 22 October 1975) was a Polish footballer, 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]

Michał Matyas

Personal information
Full name	Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas
Date of birth	(1910-09-28)28 September 1910
Place of birth	Brzozów, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	22 October 1975(1975-10-22) (aged 65)
Place of death	Kraków, Poland
Height	176 cm (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
National team
1932–1939	Poland	18	(7)
Teams managed
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

Career

Matyas was born in Brzozów. 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 in a 2–0 win against Sweden 2–0). All together he played in 18 international games (including the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin), scoring 7 goals.[4] 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.[5] He died on 22 October 1975 in Kraków.

Honours

Pogoń Lwów

• Ekstraklasa runner-up: 1935[1]

Lwów city team

• President of Poland Bowl: 1938[1]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Michał Matyas

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[fr] Michał Matyas

Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (né le 28 septembre 1910 à Brzozów en Pologne et mort le 22 octobre 1975 à Cracovie) était un joueur et entraîneur de football polonais, qui évoluait au poste d'attaquant.

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[it] Michał Matyas

Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (Brzozów, 28 settembre 1910 – Cracovia, 23 ottobre 1975) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore polacco, di ruolo attaccante. Nel corso della sua carriera è stato prima giocatore e poi allenatore della Nazionale polacca.

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[ru] Матыас, Михал

Ми́хал Франци́шек Мечи́слав Маты́ас (польск. Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas; в СССР выступал под именем Михаил Матиас; 29 сентября 1910, Бжозув — 22 октября 1975, Краков) — польский футболист, нападающий. Участник ОИ-1936. Был главным тренером сборной Польши на ОИ-1952.

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