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Mark Walker

Artur Boruc donates Celtic memento as big-hearted goalkeeper raises money for girl with cancer

Former Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc is donating a special memento of his Parkhead career to raise funds for a 13-year-old girl with cancer.

The Pole is back in his homeland with Legia Warsaw, and is still their first choice at the age of 41.

And Boruc has donated a gift from Lionel Messi to raise money for charity.

The Argentine superstar celebrated his 644th goal for Barcelona in December by sending a special bottle of Budweiser to every goalkeeper he's scored against.

Messi hit two past Celtic in the 2007-08 Champions League group stage and Boruc has donated one of the bottles to help raise money for 13-year-old Patrycja, who is undergoing chemotherapy in her battle against leukaemia.

The bidding has so far reached £2,000 for one bottle with over a week left of the auction left to raise funds, as part of the Legia Foundation charity.

Legia stated: "During his rich career, Artur Boruc played against the best footballers in the world, including Lionel Messi.

"To mark his 644 goals, Budweiser presented exclusive, serial-numbered and special packaged beer bottles to each goalkeeper he scored against, including Artur.

"This priceless souvenir, donated by Artur to the Legia Foundation, was auctioned and they will allocate the money from the auction to help Patrycja, who is seriously ill with leukaemia. "

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