Mateusz Skrzypczak

Mateusz Skrzypczak (born 22 August 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Poland national team.

Mateusz Skrzypczak

Skrzypczak with Jagiellonia Białystok in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-08-22) 22 August 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lech Poznań
Number	72
Youth career
0000–2017	Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2022	Lech Poznań II	51	(1)
2019–2022	Lech Poznań	7	(0)
2020–2021	→ Puszcza Niepołomice (loan)	13	(0)
2021	→ Stomil Olsztyn (loan)	14	(0)
2022–2025	Jagiellonia Białystok	82	(6)
2023	Jagiellonia Białystok II	1	(0)
2025–	Lech Poznań	9	(1)
International career‡
2014–2015	Poland U15	4	(0)
2015–2016	Poland U16	9	(1)
2016	Poland U17	1	(1)
2017	Poland U18	2	(0)
2019	Poland U20	1	(0)
2025–	Poland	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:42, 7 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2:13, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Youth career

Skrzypczak started his career with Lech Poznań.^[1][2]

Lech Poznań

Following his youth career, he made his first appearance for Lech Poznań II in a 0–3 away loss with Centra Ostrów Wielkopolski on 21 October 2017. During that match, he came off the bench in the 77th minute, replacing Jakub Moder.^[3][4] Skrzypczak scored the first goal for Lech's second team in the next season on 9 March 2019 in a 4–0 home victory over Bałtyk Koszalin.^[5]

Loan to Puszcza Niepołomice

On 4 August 2020, he joined I liga club Puszcza Niepołomice on a season-long loan.^[6][7] He made his debut ten days later in a 1–4 away Polish Cup victory over Jaguar Gdańsk.^[8]

Loan to Stomil Olsztyn

On 14 January 2021, his loan to the I liga side Stomil Olsztyn was announced.^{[9][10][11][12]} He debuted in Stomil in a 2–1 away loss to GKS Tychy on 27 February 2021. In the 17th minute of his second match, a 1–2 away victory over Odra Opole played on 5 March, he was removed from the pitch.^[13][14]

Jagiellonia Białystok

On 23 May 2022, Skrzypczak signed a two-year contract with another Ekstraklasa side Jagiellonia Białystok,^[15][16][17] with an option for another year which was exercised in January 2024.^[18][19] He was assigned with squad number 72. He debuted in his new team on 16 July 2022, in a 2–0 victory over Piast Gliwice.^[20] On 6 August, in the 44th minute of a 1–2 loss over Radomiak Radom, he was given a red card.^[20][21][22]

Skrzypczak scored his first goal for Jagiellonia over three months later, on 12 November 2023, during a 2–1 home victory over his former club, Lech Poznań. It was his sole goal throughout the 2022–23 season.^[20] In the 2023–24 season, he won his second Ekstraklasa title, as Jagiellonia were crowned champions for the first time in the club's history.^[23]

On 19 November 2024, he extended his contract with Jagiellonia until the end of the 2026–27 season, with an option for a further year.^[24] After the conclusion of the 2024–25 season, Skrzypczak was named the Ekstraklasa Defender of the Season.^[25]

Return to Lech

On 19 June 2025, Lech Poznań announced the signing of Skrzypczak on a four-year deal, after triggering his €900,000 release clause.^[26]

International career

A former youth international for Poland, Skrzypczak received his first senior team call-up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Portugal and Croatia to be played in October 2024, but missed both due to an injury.^[27] He made his debut for Poland on 6 June 2025, playing the full length of a 2–0 friendly win over Moldova.^[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 October 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Polish Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lech Poznań II	2017–18[4]	III liga, gr. II	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2018–19[5]	III liga, gr. II	20	1	—		—		—		20	1
	2019–20[29]	II liga	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	2021–22[30]	II liga	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		51	1	0	0	—		—		51	1
Lech Poznań	2018–19[5]	Ekstraklasa	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2019–20[29]	Ekstraklasa	2	0	2	1	—		—		4	1
	2021–22[30]	Ekstraklasa	2	0	5	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		7	0	7	1	0	0	—		14	1
Puszcza Niepołomice (loan)	2020–21[8]	I liga	13	0	2	0	—		—		15	0
Stomil Olsztyn (loan)	2020–21[8]	I liga	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
Jagiellonia Białystok	2022–23[20]	Ekstraklasa	26	1	0	0	—		—		26	1
	2023–24[31]	Ekstraklasa	28	3	3	0	—		—		31	3
	2024–25[32]	Ekstraklasa	28	2	2	0	15[a]	0	1[b]	0	46	2
	Total		82	6	5	0	15	0	1	0	103	6
Jagiellonia Białystok II	2023–24[31]	III liga, gr. I	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Lech Poznań	2025–26[33]	Ekstraklasa	9	1	0	0	7[c]	0	1[b]	0	17	1
Career total			177	8	14	1	22	0	2	0	215	9

1. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Conference League
2. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 10 June 2025^[34]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland
	2025	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Lech Poznań II

• III liga, group II: 2018–19^[35]

Lech Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 2021–22^[36]

Jagiellonia Białystok

• Ekstraklasa: 2023–24^[37]
• Polish Super Cup: 2024^[38]

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Defender of the Season: 2024–25^[39]
• Polish Union of Footballers' Ekstraklasa Team of the Season: 2023–24^[40]