Roman Ogaza

Roman Grzegorz Ogaza (November 17, 1952 – March 4, 2006) was a Polish football player.

Life and work

Roman Ogaza was born 17 November in Katowice. He was a striker. His first club was Górnik Lędziny (1965-1968 and after fusion GKS Tychy), next clubs: Górnik Zabrze (1968-1970), Szombierki Bytom (1970-1975 and 1978-1983), French teams: RC Lens (1983-1984)and Olympique Alès (1984-1986), FC Forbach (1987-1991) and Marineaux (1991) and Belgian SC Elouges (1986).

He clinched polish championship with Szombierki Bytom in 1980. His debut with the Polish national team was in Port-au-Prince on 13 April 1974 against Haiti. Ogaza's last appearance with the national team was against Portugal on 23 February, 1981. Ogaza played 21 matches for the Polish national team, scoring 6 goals. With many great players to chose from, Kazimierz Górski did not pick Ogaza for the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, but 2 years later, Ogaza was a member of the Polish Olympic team which brought silver from Montreal in 1976

Roman Ogaza died near Metz in March 2006, at the age of 54.