Kicker Statue

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The Kicker Statue is a sculpture created by sculptor Josef Tabachnyk. It stands in front of the new building of the Kicker sport magazine at Badstraße in Nuremberg. It depicts a football player performing a bicycle kick, where the player performs a kick of the ball with his foot above his head. The statue was erected on 22 May 2014 and Toni Schnell (business leader of the Olympia Publishing House), Josef Tabachnyk and numerous employees of the Kicker sport magazine were present.[http://www.nordbayern.de/events/die-100-schonsten-mittagsbilder-aus-nurnberg-1.86812?offset=1#ancTitle Statue for the kicker]

The green granite symbolises the football field, the k is the logo of the magazine Kicker. After overcoming the earth's gravity, the dynamic figure of the football player The Bicycle Kicker floats in the air.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

The measurements of the statue are 320x200x140 cm.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

According to Josef Tabachnyk the ball rises to the peak of the foot, as it is above all "a symbol of the spirit of sport, the passion for the beauty of the game, the love of millions for this sport".article 'Der Nürnberger Kicker aus Bronze', newspaper 'Nürnberger Nachrichten', 23 May 2014, page 11article 'Hommage an Eleganz und Kraft des Fußballs', newspaper 'Nürnberger Zeitung', 23 May 2014, page 11[http://vimeo.com/96245344 Video: football player][http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/statues/STFB_Anonymous_151.htm The Sporting Statues Project ][http://dernuernberger.blogspot.de/2015/10/kunst-im-offentichen-raum.html Nürnberg - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum]