Mateusz Skoczylas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mateusz Józef Skoczylas[1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Rzeszów, Poland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AC Milan U19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2017 | Grunwald Budziwój Rzeszów | ||
2017–2019 | Stal Rzeszów | ||
2019–2023 | Zagłębie Lubin | ||
2023– | AC Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | Zagłębie Lubin II | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Poland U14 | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Poland U16 | 9 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Poland U17 | 19 | (3) |
2024 | Poland U18 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 |
Mateusz Józef Skoczylas (born 20 September 2006) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the under-19 team of Serie A club AC Milan. He is a Poland youth international.[2]
Early life
[edit]From Rzeszów, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship,[3] the middle child of three boys, Skoczylas and his brothers joined the Grunwald Budziwój Rzeszów football academy when he was six years-old.[4] He stayed there for seven years and, after a short spell with Stal Rzeszów, as a 14-year-old he joined the academy at Zagłębie Lubin for the 2019–20 season.[5][6]
Club career
[edit]Skoczylas made his debut in the Polish II liga for Zagłębie Lubin II prior to his move in August 2023 to Serie A club AC Milan, immediately joining the under-19 roster.[7] The transfer fee paid by AC Milan was reported to be around €1 million.[8]
In January 2024, he was found to be selling tickets for Milan games, which are given directly to players and their families, on Facebook groups.[9]
International career
[edit]He featured for Poland U17 side at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Hungary, scoring three goals as his side reached the semi-final.[10] He was subsequently selected for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Indonesia.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Indonesia 2023™" (PDF). fdp.fifa.org. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "M.Skoczylas". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Mateusz Skoczylas. From Grunwald Budziwój to AC Milan". Podkarpacielive.pl. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Chlebicki, Przemysław (19 May 2023). "Mateusz Skoczylas is an important player of the U17 team. What were his football beginnings like?". Sport.tvp.pl. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "MATEUSZ SKOCZYLAS IN AC MILAN!". Spgrunwald.pl. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "From Lubin to Milan. Mateusz Skoczylas joins AC Milan". Radiowroclaw. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Wieczorek, Bartosz (7 August 2023). "Wielki polski talent odchodzi z Ekstraklasy. Mateusz Skoczylas nowym piłkarzem AC Milan!". Sport.tvp.pl. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Chalimoniuk, Ernest (7 August 2023). "Polski talent przechodzi do europejskiej potęgi. Umowa podpisa". Goal.pl. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Białek, Jakub (30 January 2024). "Bilety na Milan? Mateusz Skoczylas ogarnie!". weszlo.com (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ Young, Peter (30 July 2023). "Milan agree deal for teenage midfielder Skoczylas – report". Football-Italia.net. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Sugiri, Drajat (4 November 2023). "Wonderkid AC Milan Pimpin Polandia di Piala Dunia U17, Penyuka Bunga & Pribadi yang Misterius". Tribunnews.
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rzeszów
- Polish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Poland men's youth international footballers
- Zagłębie Lubin players
- II liga players
- AC Milan players
- Polish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen