Background
Roman Ogaza was born 17 November in Katowice.
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: Remote Control Lens (1983–1984) and Olympique Alès (1984–1986), United States Forbach (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 Portuguese-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. Roman Ogaza died in Forbach, near Metz, in March 2006, at the age of 53.
With many great players to choose 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.
