Michał Żyro

Michał Żyro (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈʐɨrɔ]; born 20 September 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish I liga side Wisła Kraków. Żyro has previously played for Legia Warsaw, Korona Kielce, Pogoń Szczecin, Stal Mielec, Piast Gliwice and Jagiellonia Białystok in Poland, as well as Wolverhampton Wanderers and Charlton Athletic in England.

Michał Żyro
Personal information
Full name Michał Żyro[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992
Place of birth Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Wisła Kraków
Number 14
Youth career
1999–2004 KS Piaseczno
2005–2009 Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 Legia Warsaw 96 (13)
2016–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (3)
2018 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 13 (3)
2018–2019 → Pogoń Szczecin (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2020 Korona Kielce 13 (0)
2020 → Stal Mielec (loan) 14 (6)
2020–2021 Piast Gliwice 30 (4)
2021–2022 Jagiellonia Białystok 13 (1)
2022– Wisła Kraków 27 (4)
International career‡
2010–2011 Poland U19 6 (3)
2012–2014 Poland U21 9 (1)
2014 Poland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2019

Club career

Żyro spent five years playing in KS Piaseczno as a youth team player before joining the youth academy at Legia Warsaw at the age of 13. When he was 17, Żyro was promoted to the senior team and ultimately the first team squad. He spent six years in the senior team scoring 13 goals in 96 matches.

On 24 December, he signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.[2] He joined the club officially when the transfer window re-opened on 2 January.

He made his debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers on 9 January 2016 in an FA Cup tie against West Ham United. On 12 January 2016, he scored his first goals for the club on his home and league debut, scoring twice in a 3–2 win against Fulham.[3] Żyro scored his third goal for Wolves in a 1–3 loss against Cardiff City,[4] shortly afterwards, he suffered a calf injury, putting him out of the game for up to six weeks. On 6 April, shortly after returning from injury, Żyro was on the receiving end of a reckless challenge from Milton Keynes Dons defender Antony Kay, causing multiple ligament damage and a fracture in his knee, ruling him out for up to 16 months.[5] He finally made his return to competitive football almost 17 months later, on 23 August 2017 as a substitute in a 2–0 away win against Southampton in the EFL Cup.[6]

On 22 January 2018 he joined Charlton Athletic on loan.[7] On 31 August 2018 he joined Pogoń Szczecin on loan.[8]

Żyro joined Korona Kielce on 28 June 2019 on a 1-year contract.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 12 May 2019
Club Season League National Cup League Cup European Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Legia Warsaw 2009–10[10] Ekstraklasa 1000—000010
2010–11[10] 6020—000080
2011–12[10] 25174—11[lower-alpha 1]000435
2012–13[10] 9222—5[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0175
2013–14[10] 23400—8[lower-alpha 3]000314
2014–15[10] 27553—13[lower-alpha 4]2004510
2015–16[10] 5110—4[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]1112
Legia Warsaw total 9613179—4132115626
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2015–16[11] Championship 731000——83
2016–17[12] 000000——00
2017–18[13] 000020——20
2018–19[14] Premier League 000000——00
Wolverhampton Wanderers total 7310200000103
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2017–18[13] League One 133———1[lower-alpha 5]0143
Charlton Athletic total 13300000010143
Pogoń Szczecin (loan) 2018–19[14] Ekstraklasa 121————121
Pogoń Szczecin total 12100000010121
Career total 12820189204133119233
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Polish Super Cup
  3. Six appearances in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
  4. Four appearances in the Champions League and nine in the Europa League
  5. One appearance in the League One play-offs

Personal life

His younger brother Mateusz (born in 1998) is also a professional football player.[15]

Honours

Legia Warsaw[16]

Stal Mielec

References
  1. "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 42. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "Michal Zyro: Wolves sign Legia Warsaw winger". BBC Sport. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. "Michal Zyro nets double on home debut as in-form Wolves down Fulham". Eurosport. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. "Wolves' Dave Edwards and Michal Zyro facing long injury layoffs". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. "Southampton 0–2 Wolves". BBC Sport. 23 August 2017.
  7. "DONE DEAL : Charlton sign Polish striker on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers". Charlton Athletic official website. 22 January 2018.
  8. "Michał Żyro w Pogoni". 90minut.pl. 31 August 2018.
  9. Michał Żyro zostaje w Ekstraklasie. Zagra w Koronie Kielce, przegladsportowy.pl, 28 June 2019
  10. Michał Żyro at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  11. "Games played by Michał Żyro in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  12. "Games played by Michał Żyro in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  13. "Games played by Michał Żyro in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  14. "Games played by Michał Żyro in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  15. (pl) Polish language wikipedia
  16. "90minut.pl - Michał Żyro".
  17. "Fortuna I liga: Stal Mielec najlepsza. Olimpia Grudziądz spadła". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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