Steve Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic
Personal information
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

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]

  1. ^ Strange, Jonathan. A Tenner and Box of Kippers: The Story of Keith Houchen (Stadia, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7524-3796-5)
  2. ^ Steve Ogrizovic, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-04-18.