Ömer Güleryüz (born 1997) is a Turkish amputee footballer who plays as forward for the Turkey national amputee football team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1997 (age 26–27) | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Etimesgut BS | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Turkey | |||
Medal record | |||
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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 ttiles Top goalscorer and the Most valuable player of the tournament.[1]
Professionally playing for Etinesgut Sports Club in Ankara,[9] Güleryuz sis a student of Physical Education and Sports at Istanbul University.[4][6]
Honours
edit- European Championship
- Winners (2): 2017, 20121
- Individual
- Top goalscorer: 2021 European Championship (11 goals)
- Most valuable player: 2021 European Championship
References
edit- ^ a b "İspanya'yı yenen Ampute Milli Takımı, Avrupa şampiyonu". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Ömer Güleryüz Milli Takımın Gol Yükünü Omuzluyor". Yaşadıkça (in Turkish). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Futbolun aslan yürekli şampiyonları". Gazete Oksijen (in Turkish). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bozyel, Heja (6 February 2020). "Ampute Milli Takımı yıldızlarından Ömer Güleryüz: Çocukken ampute futbol takımından haberim yoktu". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Özmüş, Sinan (28 February 2021). "Ampute Milli Futbol Takımı'nın forveti Ömer Güleryüz şampiyonluk hakkında iddialı konuştu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b Kasap, Murat (16 August 2018). "Ampute Futbolun Parlayan Yıldızı: Ömer Güleryüz" (in Turkish). Istanbul Üniversitesi İletim Fakültesi. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (15 September 2021). "Ampute Milli Futbol Takımı Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda çeyrek finale yükseldi". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Ampute Futbol Milli Takımı üst üste ikinci kez Avrupa Şampiyonu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Ampute Futbol Milli Takımı'nın kamp kadrosu belli oldu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
