Wojciech Onsorge (born 13 April 1994) is a Polish professional

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who last played as a

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for

Lech Poznań II Lech Poznań II () is the reserve team and the senior academy team of Lech Poznań, a Polish professional football club based in Poznań. The team and its facilities are based in Wronki. They currently play in the third tier of the league pyr ...

Biography

Playing career

He began his career at a club in

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before coming through the ranks at

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...

. He spent his career at Warta until February 2019, when he moved to

Elana Toruń Elana Toruń is a Polish football club based in Toruń. It competes in the IV liga, 5th tier of the Polish football league system (2022–23 season). History The team was at the 2nd level of the Polish pyramid in the 1990s, but were relegated ...

. He then went on to play half-a-season with

Polonia Środa Wielkopolska Polonia Środa Wielkopolska is a football club in Środa Wielkopolska, Greater Poland Voivodeship. Polonia Środa competes in the III liga, group II. They play home games at the CSiR Stadion Średzki. The club also has field hockey and Team handb ...

in 2020 before joining Lech Poznań's reserve team on 6 February 2021. As an experienced player, his role was to help and mentor the youth and work towards a coaching licence.

Illness

In June 2021, Onsorge fell gravely ill and underwent a head

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; he was subsequently diagnosed with an inoperable

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, specifically in the

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. In order to help fight the life-threatening situation, a fundraiser for his medical costs was started, promoted by both Poznań clubs and the people associated with them. In late 2022, he announced that his recovery was going well.

Honours

Warta Poznań * III liga Kuyavia-Pomerania–Greater Poland: 2014–15, 2015–16

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Onsorge, Wojciech 1994 births Living people Footballers from Poznań Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Lech Poznań players Warta Poznań players Elana Toruń players Polonia Środa Wielkopolska players Lech Poznań II players I liga players II liga players III liga players IV liga players