Marian Henryk Szeja (20 August 1941 – 25 February 2015) was a Polish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He was the substitute player for the Poland national team at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

where Poland won gold medal. Szeja died on 25 February 2015 at the age of 73.

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AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

runner-up: 1978/79 *

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

winner: 1979/80

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* 1941 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Siemianowice Śląskie Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Zagłębie Wałbrzych players Ekstraklasa players FC Metz players Ligue 1 players AJ Auxerre players Ligue 2 players Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Poland Olympic gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub