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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven George Polack | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1994 | RoPS | 265 | (31) |
1995–1998 | Inter Turku | 76 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1998–1999 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
1999–2000 | Inter Turku | ||
2000 [1] | FC Espoo (youth) | ||
2001–2002 | FC Boda | ||
2003 | FC KooTeePee | ||
2004 | FC Viikingit | ||
2005 | AC Oulu | ||
2006 | KPV | ||
2006 [1] | FC Raahe | ||
2007 [1] | PK Keski-Uusimaa | ||
2007–2009 | King Faisal Babes | ||
2009–2010 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
2011 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
2013–2015 [2] | KTP (assistant) | ||
2017 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
2017–2018 | Asante Kotoko | ||
2019– | Gor Mahia F.C. | ||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steven George Polack [3] (born 10 January 1961) is an English football manager and former player who has been head coach of clubs in Finland, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. [4] As a player, he spent most of his career as a defender and midfielder in Finland.
Polack was born in Birmingham, England to an English mother and a father from the West Indies. [3] He also holds Finnish citizenship. [5] [6]
Polack played 13 seasons and 301 games for RoPS Rovaniemi and FC Inter in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga from 1984 to 1994 and 1996–1997. He is one of the most notable players of RoPS. [2]
After his playing career Polack has been coaching several clubs in Finland as well as King Faisal and Berekum Chelsea and SC Kotoko in Ghana, Gor Mahia in Kenya and Marumo Gallants in South Africa. [7] [8]
RoPS
Berekum Chelsea
Asante Kotoko
Gor Mahia
Individual