Joachim Jerzy Marx (born 31 August 1944) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a striker. Besides Poland, he has played in France. On the national level, he played for Poland national team (23 matches/10 goals) and was a participant at the

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, where his team won the gold medal. With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

scoring 66 goals. With Marx, Ruch won the national championship (1974 and 1975), and the

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(1974). Later in his career, Marx went to France, where he played most notably for

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(second place in

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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.

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