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. The ...

– 6 March 2017, in

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, Austria) was a Polish footballer ( defender) playing for

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1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

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 ...

during his era in the club, as he played 222 games for the club, scoring 30 goals.

International career

Ostrowski made his debut for

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in a January 1981

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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 , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

.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

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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 {{poland-footy-defender-stub