Ömer Güleryüz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1997 (age 28–29) | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wisła Krakow | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Turkey | |||
Medal record | |||
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Ömer Güleryüz (born 1997) is a Turkish amputee footballer who plays as forward for the Turkey national amputee football team.[1]
Ömer Güleryüz was born in 1997 with congenital anomaly of a short left leg.[2][3] He started playing football at age six. In his childhood, he used to play football by hoping as he had no crutches.[4] At age of 13, he attracted attention while playing football on the street.[5] He entered Yeditepe Sports Club of amputee football in Istanbul, Turkey.[4] In 2013, he was called up for the first time to the Turkey national team preparation camp. He became a member of the Turkey national team in the forward position. He became top goalscorer netting 30 goals in the Turkish Amputee Football League in 2018.[5][6] Internationally, he took part at the European Amputee Football Championship in 2017 in Turkey and 2021 in Poland.[5] He played at the 2018 Amputee Football World Cup in Mexico.[4] He performed a hat-trick in the group match against Italy,[7] and again another one in the final game against Spain.[8] Güleryüz was awarded the titles Top goalscorer and the Most valuable player of the tournament.[1]
Professionally playing for Wisła Krakow,[9] Güleryuz sis a student of Physical Education and Sports at Istanbul University.[4][6]
