Marek Ostrowski (22 November 1959 – 6 March 2017) was a Polish

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who played as a defender. He represented

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

at the

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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 time at the club, as he played 222 games, scoring 30 goals.

International career

Ostrowski made his debut for

in a January 1981

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against

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and earned a total of 37 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was an October 1987 friendly match against

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

.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

Honours

SV Stockerau *

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: 1990–91

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* * * 1959 births 2017 deaths People from Rypin County Footballers from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Men's association football defenders Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Wisła Płock players SKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Pogoń Szczecin players Admira Wacker players SV Stockerau players Ekstraklasa players I liga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Austria 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1950s-stub