36 international matches
Alzheimer’s! Poland mourns former team player (62)
Poland's soccer association mourns the loss of Jan Furtok. The 36-time international has died at the age of 62 as a result of Alzheimer's disease.
"It is with deep sadness and regret that the Polish Football Association has received the news that Jan Furtok, former national player and participant in the World Cup finals, has passed away at the age of 62. We express our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Jan Furtok," wrote the Polish Football Association on X.
Ten goals for the national team
Furtok tied his boots as a center forward for 20 years, playing for Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt, among others, during his career. The Polish-German dual national also scored ten goals in 37 international matches.
Furtok was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015, and within seven years the disease had worsened to such an extent that he could no longer recognize his own reflection, as his wife described in 2022. He now died at the age of 62.
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