Mateusz Józef Skoczylas (born 20 September 2006) is a Polish professional

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who plays as an

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for the under-19 team (

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) of

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club

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. He is a Poland youth international.

Early life

From

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

, in

Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshal, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional As ...

, the middle child of three boys, Skoczylas and his brothers joined the Grunwald Budziwój Rzeszów football academy when he was six years-old. 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 Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa. History The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by lo ...

for the 2019–20 season.

Club career

Skoczylas made his debut in the Polish

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for

Zagłębie Lubin II Zagłębie Lubin II is a Polish football team, which serves as the reserve side of Zagłębie Lubin. They compete in the third division of Polish football. The club participated in the Polish Cup in the 2007–08, 2014–15, 2017–18, ...

prior to his move in August 2023 to

club

, immediately joining the under-19 roster. The transfer fee paid by AC Milan was reported to be around €1 million. In January 2024, he was found to be selling tickets for AC Milan games, which are given directly to players and their families, on Facebook groups.

International career

He featured for Poland U17 side at the

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, scoring three goals as his side reached the semi-final. He was subsequently selected for the

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, held in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skoczylas, Mateusz 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