[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fmdlku7kx7tdh":3},{"id":4,"translationKey":5,"locale":6,"kind":7,"slug":8,"title":9,"description":10,"answer":11,"faq":12,"status":13,"mergedInto":14,"origin":15,"sources":16,"tags":37,"imageUrl":14,"entities":39,"publishedAt":45,"createdAt":46,"updatedAt":46,"html":47,"path":48,"media":49,"alternates":68},6,"poland","en","guide","poland-national-team","Matty Cash and the Poland National Team – Debut, Goals, Caps","Why does Matty Cash play for Poland? His citizenship, debut against Andorra, international goals, the 2022 World Cup and year-by-year stats.","Matty Cash plays for Poland through his mother, the daughter of Polish emigrants. He made his debut on 12 November 2021 against Andorra (4–1) and has 29 caps and 4 goals for Poland.",[],"published",null,"seed",[17,21,25,29,33],{"url":18,"title":19,"publisher":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMatty_Cash","Matty Cash – Wikipedia","Wikipedia",{"url":22,"title":23,"publisher":24},"https:\u002F\u002Fpzpn.pl\u002Freprezentacje\u002Freprezentacja-a\u002Faktualnosci\u002F2021-10-26\u002Fmatty-cash-z-polskim-obywatelstwem-trzy-lata-temu-sam-sie-do-nas-zglosil","Matty Cash z polskim obywatelstwem!","PZPN",{"url":26,"title":27,"publisher":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fsport\u002Ffootball\u002F59268935","Andorra 1–4 Poland: Matty Cash makes debut","BBC Sport",{"url":30,"title":31,"publisher":32},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uefa.com\u002Fuefanationsleague\u002Fmatch\u002F2034476--netherlands-vs-poland\u002F","Netherlands – Poland","UEFA",{"url":34,"title":35,"publisher":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fsport.tvp.pl\u002F60787645\u002Fpiekny-gest-mattyego-casha-spotkal-sie-z-amatorska-druzyna-z-miasta-swojej-babci","Cash zaprosił na kadrę zespół z Podlasia","TVP Sport",[38],"pillar",{"matchSlugs":40,"eventKeys":41,"season":14},[],[42,43,44],"2025-06-07-goal-vs-moldova","2022-06-11-goal-vs-netherlands","2021-11-12-debut-vs-andorra","2026-09-29T11:38:46.000Z","2026-09-29T11:38:50.000Z","\u003Ch2>Why does Matty Cash play for Poland?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Matty Cash was born in England, but his \u003Cstrong>mother is the daughter of Polish emigrants\u003C\u002Fstrong>. His grandfather Ryszard Tomaszewski was a \u003Cem>Sybirak\u003C\u002Fem>, a survivor of Soviet captivity, and his grandmother Janina came from \u003Cstrong>Brańsk\u003C\u002Fstrong> in north-eastern Poland. According to the Polish FA (PZPN), Cash contacted them himself around 2018. He applied for a Polish passport in September 2021, and his citizenship was confirmed on \u003Cstrong>26 October 2021\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Debut\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>He received his first call-up on \u003Cstrong>1 November 2021\u003C\u002Fstrong> for World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Hungary. He made his debut on \u003Cstrong>12 November 2021\u003C\u002Fstrong> in a 4–1 away win over \u003Cstrong>Andorra\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>International goals\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth>#\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Date\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Opponent\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Result\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Competition\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Fthead>\n\u003Ctbody>\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>1\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>11 Jun 2022\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Netherlands (Rotterdam)\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>2–2\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Nations League\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>2\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>6 Jun 2025\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Moldova (Chorzów)\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>2–0\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Friendly\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>3\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>4 Sep 2025\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Netherlands (Rotterdam)\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>1–1\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>2026 WC qualifying\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>4\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>7 Sep 2025\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Finland (Chorzów)\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>3–1\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>2026 WC qualifying\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Ch2>Tournaments\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Cash was part of Poland's squad at the \u003Cstrong>2022 FIFA World Cup\u003C\u002Fstrong> in Qatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>A gesture for Brańsk\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>In 2022, Cash invited an amateur team from Brańsk, his grandmother's hometown, to visit the national team camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","\u002Fen\u002Fpoland-national-team",{"hero":50,"heroIsFallback":64,"gallery":65,"clips":66,"posts":67},{"src":51,"webp":52,"width":53,"height":54,"alt":55,"caption":58,"author":61,"license":62,"sourcePage":63},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmoodboard\u002Fvilla-number-2.jpg","villa-number-2",1100,825,{"pl":56,"en":57},"Matty Cash z numerem 2 na plecach wśród piłkarzy Aston Villi","Matty Cash wearing number 2 among Aston Villa teammates",{"pl":59,"en":60},"Nº2 na plecach","Nº2 on the back","Ardfern","CC BY-SA 4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Manchester_United_v_Aston_Villa,_25_September_2021_(15).jpg",true,[],[],[],{"en":48,"pl":69},"\u002Freprezentacja-polski"]