Marek Ostrowski (22 November 1959, in
Skrwilno
Skrwilno is a village in Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Skrwilno. It lies approximately south-east of Rypin and east of Toruń.
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– 6 March 2017, in
Stockerau
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, Austria) was a Polish footballer (
defender) playing for
Poland national football team in
1986 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
He is one of the most notable players of
Pogoń Szczecin
Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league s ...
during his era in the club, as he played 222 games for the club, scoring 30 goals.
International career
Ostrowski made his debut for
Poland
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in a January 1981
friendly match
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against
Japan and earned a total of 37 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was an October 1987 friendly match against
Czechoslovakia
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.
[Intl career stats]
– EUfootball
International goals
:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.''
Personal life and death
He was hospitalized in January 2017 after a heart attack. He died in his sleep in March 2017, a few days after being discharged by the hospital.
– Przeglad Sportowy
References
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1959 births
2017 deaths
People from Rypin County
Footballers from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
1986 FIFA World Cup players
Wisła Płock players
Zawisza Bydgoszcz players
Pogoń Szczecin players
FC Admira Wacker Mödling players
SV Stockerau players
Ekstraklasa players
Polish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Men's association football defenders
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