Maciej Rybus
Rybus with Spartak Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Maciej Rybus[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Łowicz, Poland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Rubin Kazan
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)
2016–2017 Lyon 19 (0)
2017–2022 Lokomotiv Moscow 102 (2)
2022–2023 Spartak Moscow 8 (1)
2023– Rubin Kazan 1 (0)
International career
2008 Poland U19 1 (0)
2008–2009 Poland U21 9 (2)
2009–2021 Poland 66 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2023

Maciej Rybus ([ˈmat͡ɕɛj ˈrɨbus] ⓘ; born 19 August 1989) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian club Rubin Kazan. He previously played for the Poland national team.

Club career

Rybus began his career with Pelikan Łowicz and was sold to MSP Szamotuły in the summer of 2006, where he played for only one season and was then scouted by Legia Warsaw.

He made his debut for Legia on 15 November 2007, in an Ekstraklasa Cup match against Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Legia's coach Jan Urban, decided that the 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

On 21 June 2016, he signed with Lyon.[2] He played a total of 28 matches for the club.

On 19 July 2017, he signed a three-year contract with Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, which was later renewed.[3] Rybus left Lokomotiv on 31 May 2022 as his contract expired.[4] Throughout his career at the club, he won one league title, two cup titles and a super cup.

On 11 June 2022, Rybus signed a two-year contract with Spartak Moscow.[5] He scored his first goal in a 4–1 victory over Fakel Voronezh on 27 August 2022. On 21 June 2023, his contract with Spartak was terminated by mutual consent.[6]

On 23 June 2023, it was announced that Rybus had signed a one-year contract with Rubin Kazan.[7] He made his debut in a 1-4 loss to his former club, Spartak, on 5 August 2023. However, he suffered an injury shortly thereafter, ruling him out from playing until the end of the year.

International career

Rybus made his debut for the Poland national team against Romania in November 2009. In the next match against Canada, he scored his first goal. He also represented Poland at UEFA Euro 2012. In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]

On 20 June 2022, following his move to Russian side Spartak Moscow, Poland barred him from playing for his country. Playing for a Russian team during the Russian invasion of Ukraine was cited as the reason.[9] This was despite the fact that the club's owner, Lukoil, was one of the only large Russian companies to have spoken out against the war.[10]

Over his career in the national team, Rybus played 66 matches.

Personal life

On 17 March 2018, Rybus married Lana Baimatova, a Russian hospitality manager of Ossetian ethnicity.[11][12][13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 April 2023[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Legia Warsaw 2007–08 Ekstraklasa 10 4 4 0 – 8 0 22 4
2008–09 Ekstraklasa 27 3 2 0 3 0 4 0 36 3
2009–10 Ekstraklasa 29 2 3 1 4 0 – 36 3
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 20 2 4 0 – – 24 2
2011–12 Ekstraklasa 16 2 1 1 11 1 – 28 4
Total 102 13 14 2 18 1 12 0 146 16
Terek Grozny 2011–12 Russian Premier League 11 3 1 0 – – 12 3
2012–13 Russian Premier League 19 4 1 0 – – 20 4
2013–14 Russian Premier League 16 0 2 0 – – 18 0
2014–15 Russian Premier League 27 3 1 0 – – 28 3
2015–16 Russian Premier League 28 9 3 0 – – 31 9
Total 101 19 8 0 – – 109 19
Lyon B 2016–17 CFA 2 0 – – – 2 0
Lyon 2016–17 Ligue 1 19 0 1 0 7 0 1[b] 0 28 0
Lokomotiv Moscow 2017–18 Russian Premier League 20 0 1 0 6 1 – 27 1
2018–19 Russian Premier League 16 1 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 20 1
2019–20 Russian Premier League 19 0 1 0 5 0 1[c] 0 26 0
2020–21 Russian Premier League 26 1 4 0 6 0 1[c] 0 37 1
2021–22 Russian Premier League 21 0 0 0 4 0 1[c] 0 26 0
Total 102 2 7 0 23 1 4 0 136 3
Spartak Moscow 2022–23 Russian Premier League 8 1 3 0 – 1[c] 0 13 1
Career total 334 35 33 2 48 2 18 0 434 39
  1. ^ Includes Polish Cup, Coupe de France, Russian Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 12 November 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2009 2 1
2010 10 0
2011 6 0
2012 5 0
2013 3 1
2014 6 0
2015 8 0
2016 4 0
2017 4 0
2018 5 0
2019 2 0
2020 3 0
2021 8 0
Total 66 2
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 November 2009 Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka, Bydgoszcz, Poland  Canada 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 4 June 2013 Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, Kraków, Poland  Liechtenstein 2–0 2–0

Honours

Legia Warsaw[16]

Lokomotiv Moscow

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ "OLTV : CONFÉRENCE DE PRESSE POUR L'ARRIVÉE DE MACIEJ RYBUS À SUIVRE À 16H EN DIRECT" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ Мацей Рыбус - в «Локо» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. ^ "СПАСИБО, МАЦЕЙ!" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 31 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Мацей Рыбус стал игроком "Спартака"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 11 June 2022. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "«Спартак» расторг контракт с Рыбусом" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 21 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Расторгший контракт со «Спартаком» польский футболист перешел в «Рубин»". sportrbc.ru (in Russian). 23 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Rybus dropped by Poland after move to Spartak Moscow". BeSoccer.com. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Russia's second biggest oil company calls for an end to Putin's war". CNN. CNN.
  11. ^ "Defender Cut From Poland's World Cup Plans After Signing With Russian Club". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press.
  12. ^ "Maciej Rybus, wife, Lana, will feed twins?".
  13. ^ Pulikowska, Agnieszka (2 June 2019). "Maciej Rybus wziął drugi ślub z Laną! Panna młoda wyglądała lepiej niż na poprzedniej uroczystości?". Wizaż.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  14. ^ a b c Maciej Rybus at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  15. ^ Maciej Rybus at Soccerway
  16. ^ "Maciej Rybus". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Локомотив" - обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Lokomotiv beat FNL champions Krylia to win Russian Cup". Russian Premier League. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  19. ^ ""Локомотив" – обладатель ОЛИМП-Суперкубка России" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Super Cup] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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