Michał Matyas

Michał Matyas

Personal information
Full name	Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas
Date of birth	28 September 1910
Place of birth	Brzozów, Poland
Date of death	22 October 1975 (aged 65)
Place of death	Kraków, Poland
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1926–1939	Pogoń Lwów
1940–1941	Dynamo Kyiv
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. † Appearances (goals)

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,^[1] as well as Poland.^[2]

In mid-1920s he moved to Lwów where started playing in junior team of Pogoń. 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 World War II Matyas shortly played for FC Dynamo Kiev, after the war he returned to Poland. As Lwów was transferred to Ukraine, together with a group of Pogon’s players and activists, he settled in Bytom, where he played for Polonia Bytom. 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.^[3] He died on 22 October 1975 in Kraków.

References

1. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/michal-matyas/
2. http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?dzial=his_rep&litera=L-M
3. http://www.wikipasy.pl/Micha%C5%82_Matyas