Steve Ogrizovic
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Ogrizovic | ||
Date of birth | 12 September 1957 | ||
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 |
Steven Ogrizovic (born 12 September 1957) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and cricketer.
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]
Playing career
He started his professional career at Chesterfield before moving to Liverpool. His time at Liverpool was frustrating as he was unable to displace Ray Clemence. He made his debut on 8 March 1978 in a 4–2 defeat at Derby County. He managed a few more team appearances before moving to Shrewsbury Town.[3] In 1984 he joined Coventry for £72,500. He was also selected to play for the Football League vs The Rest of the World at Wembley in 1987.[4]
He was still Coventry's first choice goalkeeper in the
In 16 seasons at Coventry, he collected an FA Cup winner's medal, but never played in European competition, as Coventry were unable to compete in the
During his time at Coventry, Ogrizovic scored in a 2–2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday in the First Division on 25 October 1986.[7] He is also one of four players to have played top-flight football in four different decades, along with Peter Shilton, John Lukic and Sir Stanley Matthews and holds the club record of 209 consecutive League appearances for a Coventry City player, from August 1984 to September 1989.[8] Overall, he made 604 professional league appearances in a playing career spanning 23 years from 1977 to 2000.[9]
His final appearance for Coventry came on 6 May 2000 against Sheffield Wednesday. The keeper had not been first choice for much of that season, alternating the number 1 position with Magnus Hedman, but was awarded the jersey for the club's final home game in recognition of his outstanding service to the club.[10]
International career
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ogrizovic was generally considered to be the best goalkeeper never to have won a full
Coaching career
During Iain Dowie's spell as manager, Ogrizovic was the manager of the Coventry City Reserve Team and he continued to hold this under Chris Coleman. He was also caretaker manager in conjunction with Brian Borrows at the end of the 2001–02 season, between Roland Nilsson's departure and Gary McAllister's appointment. He was Coventry City's Goalkeeping coach from 2008 to 2019.[8][13]
Personal life
Ogrizovic is the son of Nikola Ogrizović (
Cricket career
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Shropshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 29 June 1983 Shropshire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 18 July 1984 Shropshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 November 2020 |
Ogrizovic was also a
Honours
As a player
Liverpool
- European Super Cup: 1978 (Runner up)
- European Cup: 1978, 1981
- Charity Shield: 1979, 1980
Coventry City
- FA Cup: 1987
As an individual
References
- ISBN 978-0-7524-3796-5)
- ^ a b Steve Ogrizovic, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "PLAYERS – STEVE OGRIZOVIC". LFCHistory. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Steve Ogrizovic: Coventry City will be back. Coventry Telegraph (11 May 2012). Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ The Premier League's 25 oldest players ever. The Daily telegraph (27 April 2016). Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Charles, Chris (6 November 2013). Where are they now – Coventry's FA Cup final winning team. BT Sport. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Mann, Mantej (25 October 2016). Coventry City digest: 30 years since Steve Ogrizovic scored from a goal-kick and Sky Blues U23s win again. Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ a b Baker, George & Turner, Andy (12 September 2017). Coventry City legend Steve Ogrizovic celebrates his 60th birthday. Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ a b Members News: Oggy's Son's Charity Quest To Fill In Their European Family History. Covery City Former Players Association. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Barnes, Stuart (6 May 2000). "Wednesday on the edge". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ "Top 15 Players To Never Be Capped by England". The Sportster.com. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "DAY 1: Steve Ogrizovic – What you didn't know about City's number one! – News – Coventry City". ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Ireland, Shane (25 April 2019). "'I'll miss it' – Sky Blues favourite reveals this big summer decision". Coventry Telegraph.
- ^ Butler, Michael (16 November 2018). "Steve Ogrizovic: 'I enjoyed the police. I was good at clearing bars and clubs'". The Guardian.
- ^ Moore, Glen (22 February 1997). Ogrizovic proud to stand alone. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Murray, Scott (8 January 2003). "Oggy, Oggy, Oggy, out, out, out!". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Coventry City | Club | History | History | Hall of Fame". 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
External links
- Steve Ogrizovic at Soccerbase
- Steve Ogrizovic at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Steve Ogrizovic at ESPNcricinfo