Ömer güleryüz
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
Representing  Turkey
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2022 Istanbul Turkey
Silver medal – second place2018 San Juan de los Lagos Turkey
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Kraków Turkey
Gold medal – first place2027 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 playing as forward. He is a member of 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 pf 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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.
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