Sebastian Mila

Sebastian Mila

Mila as a captain of Śląsk Wrocław in 2014
Personal information
Full nameSebastian Mila
Date of birth10 July 1982
Place of birthKoszalin, Poland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Lechia Gdańsk
Number6
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Gwardia Koszalin
Bałtyk Koszalin
2000–2001Lechia Gdańsk34(4)
2001Wisła Płock15(2)
2002–2006Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wlkp.74(14)
2005–2006Austria Wien (loan)36(3)
2007–2008Vålerenga14(0)
2008ŁKS Łódź (loan)12(0)
2008–2015Śląsk Wrocław178(33)
2015–Lechia Gdańsk4(0)
National team
2003–Poland34(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2015

Sebastian Mila (born 10 July 1982 in Koszalin) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Lechia Gdańsk in the Polish Ekstraklasa.[1]

He has earned over 30 caps for the Poland national football team from his debut in 2003, and was included in the nation's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

In 2003, Mila gained notice as an exciting player for Poland's Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski with a goal that eliminated the Premiership outfit Manchester City from the 2003/04 UEFA Cup.

He signed for Vålerenga on 9 February 2007, after a rather turbulent stay in FK Austria Wien. He was contemplating an offer to move to the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer in July 2006. Groclin complained to FIFA, because they felt that Austria Vienna did not have the right to sell Mila. At that time he was only on loan from the Polish club.

Sebastian Mila joined Polish First Division side ŁKS Łódź on loan in the Polish transfer window 2008.

In July 2008, he signed a four-year contract with Polish club Śląsk Wrocław. In the spring of 2009, in his first year with the club, he led the team to the Polish Cup trophy. As a captain in 2011 he led the team to a 2nd place finish, a year later he led Śląsk to its first championship in 35 years.

In January 2015, he was signed by Lechia Gdańsk, where he will play with the number 6 on the shirt.[2][3]

International career

A European U18 Championship winner with Poland in 2001, Mila has 28 caps for the full Poland national football team.[4] He was selected to the 23-men national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, but did not make an appearance in any of the games. He also participated at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand.[5] On 11 October 2014, he scored his first international goal for over six years, finishing off a 20 European qualifying win which was Poland's first from fall of communism victory against Germany, as well as the very first over actual World Champions.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 December 2003 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta  Malta 3 – 0 4 – 0 International Friendly
2 14 December 2003 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta  Lithuania 2 – 1 3 – 1 International Friendly
3 18 February 2004 Estadio Bahía Sur, San Fernando, Spain  Slovenia 1 – 0 2 – 0 International Friendly
4 13 November 2005 Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain  Ecuador 2 – 0 3 – 0 International Friendly
5 16 November 2005 Stadion Miejski, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland  Estonia 1 – 1 3 – 1 International Friendly
6 14 May 2006 Stadio Amica, Wronki, Poland  Faroe Islands 1 – 0 4 – 0 International Friendly
7 11 October 2014 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland  Germany 2 – 0 2 – 0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
8 14 November 2014 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 3 – 0 4 – 0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

References

  1. "Sebastian Mila". 90 Minut. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  2. "Lechia Gdansk 2014/15". Sklady.hostmix.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. "Oficjalnie: Mila w Lechii". Wirtualna Polska. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. "Sebastian Mila". PZPN. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  5. Sebastian MilaFIFA competition record
  6. "Poland 2-0 Germany". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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