Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mateusz Józef Skoczylas | ||
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 | ||
Number | 14 | ||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 |
Mateusz Józef Skoczylas (born 20 September 2006) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian club AC Milan U19. He is a Poland youth international.[1]
From Rzeszów, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship,[2] the middle child of three boys, Skoczylas and his brothers joined the Grunwald Budziwój Rzeszów football academy when he was six years-old.[3] He stayed there for seven years and, after a short spell with Stal Rzeszów, as a 14-year-old he joined the academy at KGHM Zagłębie Lubin for the 2019–20 season.[4][5]
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.[6] The transfer fee paid by AC Milan was reported to be around €1 million.[7]
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.[8] He was subsequently selected for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Indonesia.[9]