A former footballer has tragically died at the age of 32 following a long battle with a brain tumour.
Former Warta Poznań player and Lech Poznań scout Wojciech Onsorge passed away on Monday (31 August).
Onsorge spent most of his playing career as a defender and defensive midfielder.
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Originally from Poznań, he began his football career in the youth academies of 1920 Mosina and Warta Poznań.
From 2011 onwards, he went on to play for Warta Poznań U19, Warta Poznań II, Warta Poznań, Elana Toruń, Polonia Środa Wielkopolska and Lech Poznań II before ending his playing career in 2021.
It was that year that his life-changing health problems began.
He started experiencing numbness in his fingers but initially did not attach much importance to the symptoms.
It was only after consulting a doctor and undergoing tests that he received the devastating diagnosis.
An MRI revealed a tumour measuring around three centimetres in diameter, as reported by Need To Know.
Tests confirmed it was a glioma, a malignant tumour in the parietal lobe of the brain.
Despite his illness, Onsorge remained involved in football.
After ending his playing career with eight goals to his name, he continued working as a scout for Lech Poznań from 2021 to 2026.
At the same time, he developed his own coaching work, running a football academy for young players in Luboń and Puszczykowo.
Onsorge spent almost 13 years with Warta Poznań, making his first-team debut when the club was playing in the second-tier Polish I liga.
He experienced relegation with the club before helping them return to the second tier.
Speaking in 2019, he said: “My fondest memory is making my debut in 2013 in the second tier against Zawisza Bydgoszcz.”
Warta Poznań described his passing as “very sad news”, while Lech Poznań said: “We extend our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones and share in their pain.”
He leaves behind his wife, Dominika.
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