Personal information | |||||
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Date of birth | 11 April 1987 | ||||
Place of birth | Nowa Sól, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland | ||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||
Team information | |||||
Current team | Warta Poznań | ||||
Number | 8 | ||||
International career | |||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||
Polish amputee national team | |||||
Medal record |
Marcin Oleksy (born 11 April 1987) is a Polish amputee footballer, who plays as a forward for Warta Poznań and the Poland national amputee football team. [1] He was the winner of the FIFA Puskás Award in 2022. [2] [3]
Until 2010 Oleksy played as a goalkeeper for Polish club Korona Kożuchów. His coach, Andrzej Sawicki, was under the impression that he could have achieved a lot in his further career. [1] In 2010, Olesky stopped his career to focus on working as a construction worker. [1]
In November 2010, Oleksy lost his leg to an accident at his workplace. In 2019 he started playing for Warta Poznań and in 2021 for the Polish national amputee football team. [1]
On 28 February 2023, Oleksy received the FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal of the year, which he claimed at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 Gala. [3] His goal won over other finalists Dimitri Payet and Richarlison. The winning goal was an overhead kick scored on 6 November 2022 in a match between Warta Poznań and Stal Rzeszów. [2] [1] He was the first Polish player and first amputee footballer to win the award, as well as the oldest winner at the age of 35.