Ross Ongaro

Ross Ongaro
Personal information
Full name Rosario Ongaro
Date of birth (1959-09-09) September 9, 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Edmonton Drillers 35 (1)
1980–1981 Edmonton Drillers (indoor) 27 (11)
1982–1984 Cleveland Force (indoor) 24 (6)
1983 Edmonton Eagles ? (6)
1984 Memphis Americans (indoor) 17 (17)
1984–1985 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 39 (40)
1985–1989 Edmonton Brick Men 36 (24)
International career
1979 Canada Olympic 1 (0)
Managerial career
1984–1985 Milwaukee Wave (assistant)
1985–1987 Edmonton Brick Men (assistant)
1990 Edmonton Brick Men
1996–2000 Edmonton Drillers
2004 Edmonton F.C.
2003–2011 Canada Futsal
2006–2011 Canada Beach
2011–2015 China Beach
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ross Ongaro (born September 9, 1959) is a retired Canadian soccer player who earned one cap each with the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team and Canadian Olympic soccer team. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance and American Indoor Soccer Association. He has coached extensively at the professional level and was the head coach of the Canadian Beach Soccer and Futsal Teams until September 2011. He has been hired by the Chinese Football Association to become their National Beach Soccer Head Coach.