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{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1944)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joachim Marx
| image = Joachim Marx Janvier 2017.jpg
| caption = Marx in 2017
| full_name = Joachim Jerzy Marx
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|8|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Gliwice|Gleiwitz]], Germany (present-day Poland)
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = GKS Sośnica
| years1 = 1959–1963
| clubs1 = [[Piast Gliwice|GKS Gliwice]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1963–1969
| clubs2 = [[Gwardia Warsaw]]
| caps2 = 82
| goals2 = 36
| years3 = 1969–1975
| clubs3 = [[Ruch Chorzów]]
| caps3 = 162
| goals3 = 66
| years4 = 1975–1979
| clubs4 = [[RC Lens|Lens]]
| years5 = 1979–1982
| clubs5 = [[US Nœux-les-Mines|Nœux-les-Mines]]
| nationalyears1 = 1966–1975
| nationalteam1 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 23
| nationalgoals1 = 10
| manageryears1 = 1985–1988
| managerclubs1 = [[RC Lens|Lens]]
| manageryears2 = 1988–1990
| managerclubs2 = [[La Roche VF]]
| manageryears3 = 1991–1992
| managerclubs3 = [[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]]
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Joachim Jerzy Marx''' (born 31 August 1944) is a Polish former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]]. Besides Poland, he has played in France.<ref>[https://archive.today/20210616031650/https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/magazyn-przegladu-sportowego/joachim-marx-swoje-beskidy-znalazl-we-francji/pf1ylfv Joachim Marx – swoje Beskidy znalazł we Francji] przegladsportowy.pl (Archived)</ref>

At international level, he played for [[Poland national football team|Poland national team]], scoring 10 goals in 23 appearances,<ref>{{cite web | title=Reprezentacja Polski - Mundial 2010 - Euro 2012 | website=kadra.pl | date=10 February 2012 | url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=L-M | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210194801/http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=L-M | archive-date=10 February 2012 | url-status=dead | language=pl | access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> 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 [[RC Lens]] (second place in [[Ligue 1]] in 1977). Since ending his professional career in 1982, Marx worked as a coach in France.

Marx was famed for the power of his shot.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT|36327}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|1966||1||0
|-
|1967||0||0
|-
|1968||0||0
|-
|1969||3||2
|-
|1970||5||3
|-
|1971||2||0
|-
|1972||5||1
|-
|1973||0||0
|-
|1974||1||0
|-
|1975||6||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!23!!10
|}

==Honours==
'''Ruch Chorzów'''<ref name="90m">{{cite web |title=Joachim Marx |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8105 |website=90minut.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[Ekstraklasa]]: [[1973–74 Ekstraklasa|1973–74]], [[1974–75 Ekstraklasa|1974–75]]
* [[Polish Cup]]: 1973–74

'''Poland'''
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal: [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]<ref name="90m"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | title=Zasoby Polskiego Portalu Olimpijskiego PKOl | website=olimpijski.pl | date=10 August 2007 | url=http://www.olimpijski.pl/294_2582.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810215515/http://www.olimpijski.pl/294_2582.html | archive-date=10 August 2007 | url-status=dead | language=pl | access-date=17 November 2018}}
* {{Worldfootball.net|joachim-marx}}

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