Ömer Güleryüz



Ömer Güleryüz (born 1997) is a Turkish amputee footballer playing as forward. He is a member of the Turkey national amputee football team.

Ömer Güleryüz was born in 1997 with congenital anomaly of a short left leg. He started playing football at age six. In his childhood, he used to play football by hoping as he had no crutches. At age of 13, he attracted attention while playing football on the street. He entered Yeditepe Sports Club of amputee football in Istanbul, Turkey. 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. Internationally, he took part at the European Amputee Football Championship in 2017 in Turkey and 2021 in Poland. He played at the 2018 Amputee Football World Cup in Mexico. He performed a hat-trick in the group match against Italy, and again another one in the final game against Spain. Güleryüz was awarded the ttiles Top goalscorer and the Most valuable player pf the tournament.

Professionally playing for Etinesgut Sports Club in Ankara, Güleryuz sis a student of Physical Education and Sports at Istanbul University.

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