Richard Orlowski

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Richard Orlowski
Personal information
Full name Richard Patrick Orlowski
Birth name Ryszard Orłowski
Date of birth (1957-03-25) 25 March 1957 (age 67) [1]
Place of birth Łódź, Poland [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Gofabet Gorzkowicice
Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski
Grunwald Poznań
Wisła Garfield
Managerial career
2013 Nepal (assistant)
2015 Anguilla
2016–2018 Belize
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Patrick Orlowski (born March 25, 1967) is a Polish-American soccer coach. [2]

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Career

Playing

In his native Poland, Orlowski played as a forward [3] for clubs such as Gofabet Gorzkowice, Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski and Grunwald Poznań. [4] Later, in 1984, he fled to Austria to escape from the political regression and the Soviet subjugation of his home country. [3] [4] He was then granted refugee status in New York, anglicized his name from Ryszard Orłowski to Richard, and settled in Pennsylvania. [3] [4] While living in the United States, he played for a succession of Polish-American teams and even had a stint in the Cayman Islands. [4]

Nepal

Orlowski was selected as Nepal national football team assistant coach along with Polish-American Jack Stefanowski- who was head coach. [5] [6] Their best result was a 2–1 victory over India in the 2013 SAFF Championship, before getting knocked out by Afghanistan en route to the final. [4]

Anguilla

Orlowski was assigned the Anguilla head coach role in 2015, [7] taking ownership of a team composed of construction workers, bankers, teachers, and boat builders. [3] During his time there, he brought increased professionalism and tactical intuition to the country. [3] Also, he recorded three friendly wins- two against the British Virgin Islands and one versus a non-FIFA nation, Saint Martin by galvanizing the players with the possibility of moving up the World Rankings into performing well. [3] Those three triumphs were Anguilla's first wins in the space of fourteen years. [3]

But when the FIFA World Rankings were updated, Anguilla had not received any points even though the British Virgin Islands were a FIFA nation. FIFA never rectified the error and, when Anguilla had to play Nicaragua for a 2018 World Cup qualifier, they lost twice on a combined score of 8–0; [4] Orlowski resigned after eight months in charge. [4]

Belize

Assigned Belize manager ahead of the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, he led the Jaguars to a 0–0 draw with Panama in their opening fixture. [4] [8] However, his team lost all their remaining group stage matches after that. [4] His main ambition for the national team is to get youth involved in soccer at a much younger age and also wants more friendlies against better opposition as it would be beneficial to the teams chemistry and quality of play. [4]

He is also involved with the youth sides of the Belize national team from the under-15 level. [4] On account of this, he has drafted some younger players into the senior squad. [4]

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  2. ↑ "Ryszard Orłowski: Byłem trenerem w Nepalu i na Karaibach. Dziś prowadzę Belize". sportowefakty.wp.pl. 19 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Anguilla, out on the edge". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kay, Bryan (7 March 2017). "Belize's American manager: Richard Orlowski's long road to Central America". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "GoalNepal.com -Former Nepal Assistant Coach Richard Orlowski Appointed The Head Coach Of Anguilla Football Team; Wishes Good Luck To Gorkhalis For India Clash". goalnepal.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jack Stefanowski and Richard Orlowski appointed as Nepal football head coach and assistant coach". nepalifootball.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Abramowicz, Zuckerberg i… trener z Polski. Jak Orłowski trafił do raju". sport.onet.pl (Archived).
  8. ↑ "Orlowski, Belize target another Copa surprise". concacaf.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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