Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (28 September 1910 in Brzozów

Brzozów

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 - 22 October 1975 in Kraków

Kraków

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) was a Polish

Poland

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 football

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 player, who represented such teams as Pogoń Lwów

Pogon Lwów

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 and Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

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, as well as Poland

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In mid-1920s he moved to Lwów where started playing in junior team of Pogoń. His debut in the national team took place on July 10, 1932 in Warsaw

Warsaw

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 (Poland - Sweden

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 2-0). Altogether he played in 18 international games (including the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

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 in Berlin

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), scoring 7 goals. In Pogoń, in 1935 he was the top-scorer of the Polish Football League, with 22 goals.

During World War II

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 Matyas shortly played for FC Dynamo Kiev, after the war he returned to Poland. As Lwów was transferred to Ukraine

Ukraine

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, together with a group of Pogon’s players and activists, he settled in Bytom

Bytom

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, where he played for Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

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. 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

Stal Mielec

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 and Cracovia. He died on October 22, 1975 in Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

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