Titus Ozon

Ozon, nicknamed "Nas" (Nose), was born on 13 May 1927 in the Obor neighborhood of Bucharest, Romania. He began playing football at the age of 10 under the guidance of coach Ștefan Cârjan at Unirea Tricolor București. Ozon started his senior career at Unirea Tricolor, helping the side gain promotion to the first league at the end of the 1946–47 Divizia B season. Subsequently, he made his Divizia A debut on 26 October 1947 in a 4–0 away loss to Oțelul Reșița. He scored a personal record of 21 goals until the end of the 1947–48 season.

In 1948, Unirea Tricolor merged with Carmen București to create Dinamo, Ozon playing until 1954 for the new club, with the exception of the 1951 season spent at Dinamo Brașov. He earned the Divizia A top-scorer title for two consecutive seasons, in 1952 with 17 goals and in 1953 with 12 goals, and the team finished runner-up in these seasons. Dinamo reached the 1954 Cupa României final, coach Angelo Niculescu using him as a starter until halftime when he replaced him with Valeriu Neagu in the 2–0 loss to Metalul Reșița. Ozon also netted two goals in two victories against rivals CCA București. In 1955 he joined Progresul București. With them, Ozon reached the 1958 Cupa României final where coaches Ioan Lupaș and Cornel Drăgușin used him the entire match in the 1–0 loss to Știința Timișoara. Subsequently, he switched teams again, going to Rapid București. He reached two Cupa României finals in 1961 and 1962 under the guidance of coach Ion…

Ozon played 22 games and scored seven goals for Romania. He made his debut on 11 May 1952 when coach Emerich Vogl sent him in the 73rd minute to replace Gheorghe Bodo in a 3–1 friendly victory against Czechoslovakia in which he scored once. He was selected by coach Gheorghe Popescu to be part of Romania's 1952 Summer Olympics squad where he played in the 2–1 loss to eventual champions Hungary. Ozon also played one match in the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and two games in which he scored the victory goal in a 2–1 win over Greece during the 1958 World Cup qualifiers. He made his last appearance for The Tricolours, when he captained them in a 6–0 loss to Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ozon goal.

Ozon started his coaching career in 1964 at Divizia A club Progresul București, and the team was relegated at the end of his first season. In 1968 he was appointed coach at Jiul Petroșani, leading them in the first league for two seasons. In 1970 he went to work for Argeș Pitești. After the 4–1 loss to FCM Bacău in the first round of the 1971–72 season, Ozon left Argeș, with Florin Halagian replacing him, and the team then won the title. In 1972, he was appointed head coach of Libya's national team, due to the good relations between presidents Nicolae Ceaușescu and Muammar Gaddafi. Two years later, Ozon returned for a second spell at Jiul, leading them in the 3–2 aggregate loss to Dundee United in the first round of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup. Afterwards he coached in the Romanian lower leagues for clubs such as FC Brăila, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Azotul Slobozia and Șoimii Sibiu. With Pandurii he earned a first-ever promotion from the third league to the second in the 1976–77 season.

In 1955, Ozon acted in the comedy film Și Ilie face sport (Ilie also does sport), directed by Andrei Călărașu, in which the lives and morals of the athletes and fans were the subject. He also performed as a theater artist, being the star of the 1957 satire show "Bujor 12", which was performed at the "Constantin Tănase" theater in Bucharest.