Soccer-Canadian player celebrates goal by promoting his real estate business


May 2 (Reuters) - Most players ⁠kiss the badge or point to the sky when they score ⁠a goal, but Canada's Tomasz Skublak whips out his business ‌card.

The Inter Toronto striker, who doubles as a real estate agent when he is finding the net in the Canadian Premier League, turned his goal celebration into a marketing opportunity ​during Friday's 4-1 victory over defending champions ⁠Atletico Ottawa.

After a goalless first ⁠half, Skublak scored the opener five minutes after the restart when a long ⁠ball ‌was launched behind the defence and he struck the ball past the keeper.

Skublak then rolled down his socks, pulled out his ⁠business card to show the camera and held ​up his hand like ‌a phone, encouraging viewers to call him about their property needs ⁠in Ontario.

"I'm ​a full time player here at Inter Toronto, as well as a full time realtor. I figured, I spend a lot of money on marketing on ⁠business outside of football, so get some free ​marketing here," Skublak was quoted as saying by One Soccer.

The 28-year-old centre forwardthen grabbed another goal five minutes later to help move Toronto up to ⁠second in the standings.

Skublak is now the Canadian Premier League's top scorer this season -- a remarkable achievement considering his schedule.

"Once training is finished, I am already on the phone with clients. It is tough, but I ​am managing it well," he told the CPL ⁠website in an interview last month.

"What my schedule typically looks like is training ​until 11:00 AM or 12:00, team lunch ‌is done at 12:30 and I'm usually ​with clients from 1:00 until 9:00 - that's what my day looks like."

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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