Mathieu Scalet (born 1 April 1997) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Motor Lublin Motor Lublin () is a Polish professional football team based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950 with their nickname ''The Yellow, White and Blues'' reflecting their official colours. They compete in II liga in the 2021–22 season. ...

Career

Scalet started his career with the youth teams of French side Saint-Genis-Ferney-Crozet before moving to Poland to join

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

and then

Beskid Andrychów AKS Beskid Andrychów is a Polish football club from, Andrychów, Lesser Poland. The club name is derived from the Beskid Mountains. History The club was founded in 1919 under the name "KS Beskid Andrychów", as a multi-sports club. The club ...

. He made several appearances for the Wisła Kraków second team during his spell at the club. On 26 November 2017, Scalet made his senior debut for

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish fo ...

as a 90th minute substitute during their 1–0 win over

Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional 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 local members of the ''Yo ...

, coming on to provide the assist for

Piotr Celeban Piotr Oliver Celeban (born June 25, 1985 in Szczecin) is a Polish former professional footballer who currently serves as a fitness coach for Śląsk Wrocław II. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operated as a right-back. He i ...

to score the winner. He has also played several games for the Śląsk Wrocław second team in the fourth and fifth tiers of Polish football.

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* Living people 1997 births People from Annemasse Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie French men's footballers Men's association football forwards Śląsk Wrocław players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Motor Lublin players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players French expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland French expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub