Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 August 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Łowicz, Poland | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger / Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Lyon | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
Pelikan Łowicz | |||
2006–2007 | MSP Szamotuły | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2012 | Legia Warsaw | 102 | (13) |
2012–2016 | Terek Grozny | 101 | (19) |
2016– | Lyon | 14 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Poland U-21 | ||
2009– | Poland | 44 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2016 |
Maciej Rybus (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmat͡ɕɛj ˈrɨbus]; born 19 August 1989) is a Polish footballer who plays as a winger or left-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Rybus began his career with Pelikan Łowicz and was in summer 2006 sold to MSP Szamotuły, here played only one season and was than scouted by Legia Warsaw. He made his debut for Legia on 15 November 2007, in an Ekstraklasa Cup match against Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, replacing Marcin Smolinski in the 46th minute. After a good performance, Legia's coach Jan Urban, decided that the young player would join the first team. Rybus debuted in the Ekstraklasa on 24 November 2007. He played the 2007–08 season mainly as a substitute but earned a place in the starting eleven towards the end of the season.
He scored his first goal in the Ekstraklasa in December 2007 against Górnik Zabrze. In April 2008, Rybus scored a brace in a league match against Wisła Kraków.
On 21 June 2016, he signed with Lyon.
He made his debut for the Poland national team against Romania in November 2009. In the next match against Canada, he scored his first goal.
1Including Polish SuperCup, Ekstraklasa Cup, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions.