Marian Geszke

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Marian Geszke
Personal information
Full name Marian Geszke
Date of birth (1943-09-03) 3 September 1943 (age 79) [1]
Place of birth Pinsk, Soviet Union
Position(s) Midfielder
Teams managed
YearsTeam
1970–1971 Bałtyk Gdynia
1973–1976 Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
1976 Lechia Gdańsk (assistant manager)
1976 Lechia Gdańsk
1977–1978 Lechia Gdańsk (assistant manager)
1980–1981 ŁKS Łódź
1984 Olimpia Elbląg
1986–1987 Lechia Gdańsk
1987–1988 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1988–1989 Polonia Bytom
1990–1991 Bałtyk Gdynia
1991–1992 Stal Stalowa Wola
1993 Cracovia Chicago
1993–1994 Lechia Gdańsk
1995 Arka Gdynia
1995–2000 Cracovia Chicago
2000–2001 Bałtyk Gdynia
2004–2005 Wigry Suwałki
2013–2014 Cartusia Kartuzy
2016–2017 Cartusia Kartuzy

Marian Geszke (born 3 September 1943) is a retired Polish football manager.

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Early years

Geszke was born in Pinsk, which before World War II was part of Poland. At the time of his birth however Pinsk had been a part of the Soviet Union following the Soviet invasion of Poland, and the incorporation of Eastern Poland into the USSR. After the war Geszke and his family were sent to the modern day Poland, initially being sent to Chełm before being redirected to Sopot which is where the family settled. [2]

Managerial career

In total Geszke managed all three big teams in the Tricity, Lechia Gdańsk, Bałtyk Gdynia and Arka Gdynia. His first managerial appointment was with Bałtyk Gdynia in 1970, before joining Stoczniowiec Gdańsk for 3 years, and then eventually ended up at Lechia Gdańsk in 1976. [3] Geszke had various short spells at many different clubs, including ŁKS Łódź, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, as well as Lechia Gdańsk and Bałtyk Gdynia again for a second time. In 1995 he moved to the United States and joined up with a Polish club in Chicago, Cracovia Chicago. Despite not initially staying in the US for long, as he rejoined Lechia for a third time and then had a short spell with Arka Gdynia, [4] he moved back to Chicago and spent the next 5 years there. [5] In 2000 he came back to Poland to manage Bałtyk Gdynia for the third time, a position he held until 2001. [6] In 2004 Geszke joined Wigry Suwałki [7] before having his last two spells in management before his retirement, both with Cartusia Kartuzy. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Marian Geszke". lechia.gda.pl.
  2. ↑ "Marian Geszke – biogram". sopocianie.muzeumsopotu.pl.
  3. ↑ "Trenerzy". lechia.pl.
  4. ↑ "Klub » Historia » Trenerzy". arka.gdynia.pl.
  5. ↑ "Marian Geszke – amerykański przystanek Chicago". lechiahistoria.pl.
  6. ↑ "Marian Geszke dyrektorem sportowym?". sport.trojmiasto.pl.
  7. ↑ "Wigry Suwałki rozpoczęły przygotowania do sezonu". sport.pl.
  8. ↑ "Cartusia 1923 Kartuzy kończy rundę jesienną i zmienia trenera. Piotr Kwiatkowski żegna się z drużyną, wraca Marian Geszke". sportnakaszubach.pl.
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