Beating Richarlison to Puskas Award won't 'change who I am', insists Polish history-maker Marcin Oleksy
Marcin Oleksy made history as he beat off competition from Dimitri Payet and Richarlison to land the 2022 FIFA Puskas Award for his sublime overhead finish – but the Polish ace insists he has not changed as a person. Warta Pozna’s Oleksy became the first-ever amputee footballer to win the award as he joins the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the Puskas Award roll of honour. Ad The 35-year-old, who combines football with a full-time job as an excavator operator, displayed incredible athleticism and technique to pull off the goal against Stal Rzeszow last November.
