Joachim Jerzy Marx (born 31 August 1944 in Gleiwitz, Germany

Germany

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, now Gliwice, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

) is a retired Polish football

Football (soccer)

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 striker.

On the national level, he played for Poland national team

Poland national football team

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 (23 matches/10 goals) and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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, where his team won the gold medal.

With Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

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

Polish Cup

The Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...

 (1974).

Later in his career, Marx went to France, where he played most notably for Racing Lens (2nd place in Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

 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.