Ömer Güleryüz

Ömer güleryüz

Personal information
Date of birth	1997 (age 27–28)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Etimesgut BS
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Turkey
Medal record Representing  Turkey World Cup 2022 Istanbul Turkey 2018 San Juan de los Lagos Turkey European Championship 2021 Kraków Turkey 2027 Istanbul Turkey

Ömer Güleryüz (red/black) scoring a goal for Turkey in the 2017 European Amputee Football Championship final match against England.

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 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

International

World Cup

Winners (1): 2022

Runners-up (1): 2018

European Championship

Winners (2): 2017, 20121

Individual

Top goalscorer: 2021 European Championship (11 goals)

Most valuable player: 2021 European Championship

References

1. "İspanya'yı yenen Ampute Milli Takımı, Avrupa şampiyonu". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
2. "Ömer Güleryüz Milli Takımın Gol Yükünü Omuzluyor". Yaşadıkça (in Turkish). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
3. "Futbolun aslan yürekli şampiyonları". Gazete Oksijen (in Turkish). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
4. Bozyel, Heja (6 February 2020). "Ampute Milli Takımı yıldızlarından Ömer Güleryüz: Çocukken ampute futbol takımından haberim yoktu". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
5. 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.
6. Kasap, Murat (16 August 2018). "Ampute Futbolun Parlayan Yıldızı: Ömer Güleryüz" (in Turkish). Istanbul Üniversitesi İletim Fakültesi. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
7. Tiryaki, Erkan (15 September 2021). "Ampute Milli Futbol Takımı Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda çeyrek finale yükseldi". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
8. "Ampute Futbol Milli Takımı üst üste ikinci kez Avrupa Şampiyonu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
9. "Ampute Futbol Milli Takımı'nın kamp kadrosu belli oldu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.