Joachim Marx

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Joachim Marx
Personal information
Full name	Joachim Jerzy Marx
Date of birth	31 August 1944 (1944-08-31) (age 64)
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Playing position	Striker
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1959-1963 1963-1969 1969-1975 1975-1979 1979-1982	Piast Gliwice Gwardia Warszawa Ruch Chorzów RC Lens US Noeux-lès-Mines
National team
1966-1975	Poland	23 (10)
Teams managed
1985-1988 1988-1990 1991-1992	RC Lens La Roche VF LB Châteauroux
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Poland
Men’s Football
Gold	Munich 1972	Team Competition

Joachim Jerzy Marx (born 31 August 1944 in Gleiwitz, Germany, now Gliwice, Poland) is a retired Polish football striker.

On the national level, he played for Poland national team (23 matches/10 goals)^[1] and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.

With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the Ekstraklasa scoring 66 goals. With Marx, Ruch won the national championship (1974 and 1975), and the Polish Cup (1974).

Later in his career, Marx went to France, where he played most notably for Racing Lens (2nd place in Ligue 1 in 1977). Since ending his professional soccer player's career in 1982, Marx has been coaching in France.

Joachim Marx was famed for the strength of his kick.

[edit] Clubs

• Gwardia Warszawa (1963-1969)
• Ruch Chorzów (1969-1975)
• Racing Lens (1975-1979)

[edit] References

• (Polish) Polish Olympic Committee website
• (German) Profile

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