Ross Ongaro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rosario Ongaro | ||
| Date of birth | September 9, 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | Edmonton Drillers | 35 | (1) |
| 1980–1981 | Edmonton Drillers (indoor) | 27 | (11) |
| 1981–1983 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 24 | (6) |
| 1983 | Edmonton Eagles | 14 | (12) |
| 1983–1984 | Memphis Americans (indoor) | 17 | (17) |
| 1984–1986 | Milwaukee Wave (indoor) | 39 | (40) |
| 1985–1987 | Edmonton Brickmen | 36 | (24) |
| National team | |||
| 1979 | Canada U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1985 | Milwaukee Wave (assistant) | ||
| 1985–1987 | Edmonton Brickmen (assistant) | ||
| 1990 | Edmonton Brickmen Head Coach | ||
| 1996–1997 | Edmonton Drillers Head Coach | ||
| 1997–1998 | Edmonton Drillers Head Coach | ||
| 1998–1999 | Edmonton Drillers Head Coach | ||
| 1999–2000 | Edmonton Drillers Head Coach | ||
| 2004 | Edmonton F.C. Head Coach | ||
| 2003–2011 | Canadian National Futsal Team Head Coach | ||
| 2005–2011 | Canadian National Beach Team Head Coach | ||
| 2011–2016 | Chinese National Beach Team Head Coach | ||
| 2007– | Fifa Beach Soccer Instructor | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ross Ongaro (born September 9, 1959, in Edmonton, Alberta) 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.
In 1980, Ongaro signed with the Edmonton Drillers in the North American Soccer League (NASL). In the fall of 1981, he moved to the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League where he played two seasons. In the summer of 1983, he played for the Edmonton Eagles of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The Eagles went undefeated, winning the CPSL championship as Ongaro led the league in scoring. In the fall of 1983, he joined the Memphis Americans for the 1983–1984 MISL season. In the fall of 1984, he joined the Milwaukee Wave of the American Indoor Soccer Association where he served as both an assistant coach and player. He was the league's second leading goal scorer and finished second on the points list during 1985–1986. In 1986, he played for the Edmonton Brickmen in the Western Soccer Alliance.
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