Roman Grzegorz Ogaza was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 football player

Football (soccer)

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Life and work

Roman Ogaza was born 17 November in Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

. He was a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

. His first club was Górnik Lędziny

Ledziny

Lędziny is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million which is located in the Silesian Highlands....

 (1965–1968 and after fusion GKS Tychy

GKS 71 Tychy

GKS Tychy is a Polish football club based in Tychy, Poland.It was founded in 1971. The club now plays in the Polish Second League...

), next clubs: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...

 (1968–1970), Szombierki Bytom

Bytom

Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...

 (1970–1975 and 1978–1983), French teams: RC Lens

RC Lens

Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du...

 (1983–1984) and Olympique Alès

Olympique Alès

Olympique Alès is a French association football club founded in 1923, based in the commune of Alès. The Cévennes club currently playing in the Division d'Honneur Régionale – the seventh division – of the Ligue du Languedoc; the club in the past has played for six seasons in Ligue 1...

 (1984–1986), US Forbach

US Forbach

Union Sportive de Forbach Football is a French football club based in Forbach in the Lorraine region. The club was founded on 25 August 1909 under the name Sport Club Forbach and is a part of a sports club that consists of several other sports. The club played under the SCF emblem until 1919...

 (1987–1991) and SG Marienau (1991) and Belgian Royal Francs Borains (1986).

He clinched polish championship with Szombierki Bytom in 1980. His debut with the Polish national team was in Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince

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 on 13 April 1974 against Haiti

Haiti

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. 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

Kazimierz Górski

Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of Polish Football Union . He was also a football player, capped once for Poland....

 did not pick Ogaza for the 1974 World Cup in West Germany

West Germany

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, but 2 years later, Ogaza was a member of the Polish Olympic team which brought silver from Montreal

Montreal

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 in 1976

Roman Ogaza died in Forbach

Forbach

Forbach is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is located near the German border. Population : 22,784....

, near Metz

Metz

Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...

, in March 2006, at the age of 53.

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