Mateusz Żyro (born 28 October 1998) is a Polish professional

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who plays as

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for

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). History ...

Career

Legia Warsaw

On 7 July 2017, Żyro made his professional debut in

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been pl ...

against

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The history of Arka dates back to ...

. Żyro was loaned out to

Wigry Suwałki Wigry Suwałki is a Polish football club based in Suwałki, Podlaskie Voivodeship. In the 2022–23 season, they will compete in IV liga, having withdrawn from II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorsh ...

from February 2018 to the end of the season, and later

Miedź Legnica Miedź Legnica is a Polish professional football club, based in Legnica, Poland, that competes in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Miedź was founded in 1971. The club's manager is Wojciech Łobodziński. In 2018, Miedź Legnica achieved promotion to t ...

for the 2018–19 season. He was loaned out again for the 2019–20 season, this time to

Stal Mielec Stal Mielec () is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's Ekstraklasa, winning the title twice (in 1973 and 1976) but had under ...

Stal Mielec

On 5 August 2020, he moved to

on a permanent basis and signed a two-year contract.

Widzew Łódź

On 9 June 2022, Żyro joined the newly promoted side

on a two-year deal with a one-year extension option.

Personal life

His older brother

Michał Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to: * Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician * Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player * Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel * Michał Heller ( ...

(''born in 1992'') is also a professional football player who earned four caps for the Poland national team in 2014. (pl) Polish language wikipedia

References

1998 births Footballers from Warsaw Living people Polish footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Legia Warsaw II players Legia Warsaw players Wigry Suwałki players Miedź Legnica players Stal Mielec players Widzew Łódź players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players {{Poland-footy-defender-stub