Joachim Marx

{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1944)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joachim Marx

| image = Joachim Marx Janvier 2017.jpg

| caption = Marx in 2017

| full_name = Joachim Jerzy Marx

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|8|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gleiwitz, Germany (present-day Poland)

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = GKS Sośnica

| years1 = 1959–1963

| clubs1 = GKS Gliwice

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1963–1969

| clubs2 = Gwardia Warsaw

| caps2 = 82

| goals2 = 36

| years3 = 1969–1975

| clubs3 = Ruch Chorzów

| caps3 = 162

| goals3 = 66

| years4 = 1975–1979

| clubs4 = Lens

| years5 = 1979–1982

| clubs5 = Nœux-les-Mines

| nationalyears1 = 1966–1975

| nationalteam1 = Poland

| nationalcaps1 = 23

| nationalgoals1 = 10

| manageryears1 = 1985–1988

| managerclubs1 = Lens

| manageryears2 = 1988–1990

| managerclubs2 = La Roche VF

| manageryears3 = 1991–1992

| managerclubs3 = Châteauroux

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1972 Munich | Team}}

}}

Joachim Jerzy Marx (born 31 August 1944) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Besides Poland, he has played in France.[https://archive.today/20210616031650/https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/magazyn-przegladu-sportowego/joachim-marx-swoje-beskidy-znalazl-we-francji/pf1ylfv Joachim Marx – swoje Beskidy znalazł we Francji] przegladsportowy.pl (Archived)

At international level, he played for Poland national team, scoring 10 goals in 23 appearances,{{cite web | title=Reprezentacja Polski - Mundial 2010 - Euro 2012 | website=kadra.pl | date=10 February 2012 | url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=L-M | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210194801/http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=L-M | archive-date=10 February 2012 | url-status=dead | language=pl | access-date=17 November 2018}} and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.

With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the Ekstraklasa scoring 66 goals. With Marx, Ruch won the national championship (1974 and 1975), and the Polish Cup (1974).

Later in his career, Marx went to France, where he played most notably for RC Lens (second place in Ligue 1 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}