Steve Ogrizovic
English retired association football coach and former professional football goalkeeper (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Steven Ogrizovic (born 12 September 1957) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and cricketer.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Ogrizovic | ||
Date of birth | (1957-09-12) 12 September 1957 (age 66) | ||
Place of birth | Mansfield, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1976–1977 | ONRYC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977 | Chesterfield | 16 | (0) |
1977–1982 | Liverpool | 4 | (0) |
1982–1984 | Shrewsbury Town | 84 | (0) |
1984–2000 | Coventry City | 507 | (1) |
Total | 611 | (1) | |
Managerial career | |||
2002 | Coventry City (Joint caretaker) | ||
2004 | Coventry City (Caretaker) | ||
2007–2010 | Coventry City (Reserve team) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1977 until 2000, the last 16 years of which were at Coventry City. Nicknamed "Oggy", he holds the record at Coventry City for the most appearances as a player (601 in all competitions, 507 in the league) and he played in the winning FA Cup team of 1987. He also played for Chesterfield, Liverpool and Shrewsbury Town. Since retiring he remained with the Sky Blues for the next 20 years in a host of different positions including reserve team manager and goalkeeping coach. In both 2002 and 2004 he had spells as caretaker manager of the first team.
Between 1983 and 1984, Ogrizovic played cricket for Shropshire as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He completed four games for the club, taking five wickets.[2]