Tomasz Kaczmarek
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-09-20) September 20, 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Wrocław, Poland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Den Bosch (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
SpVg Porz
2006–2008 FC Junkersdorf
Managerial career
2011 Bonner SC (U19)
2011 Bonner SC
2012–2013 Egypt (assistant)
2013–2014 Stabæk IF (assistant)
2015–2017 Viktoria Köln
2017 Stuttgarter Kickers
2018–2019 Fortuna Köln
2020–2021 Pogoń Szczecin (assistant)
2021–2022 Lechia Gdańsk
2023– Den Bosch
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomasz Kaczmarek (born 20 September 1984) is a Polish football manager and former player, currently in charge of Eerste Divisie club Den Bosch.[1][2]

Coaching career

Kaczmarek moved from Poland to Germany at the age of 9[3] and only played on amateur level as an active footballer.

He started his coaching career in 2009 as a part of the coaching staff at Bonner SC.[4] From January 2011, he took charge of the U19's at the club and later a half year for the first team, which he was in charge of until the end of 2011, where he was hired as assistant manager for the Egyptian national team under manager Bob Bradley.[5] Bradley and his coaching staff, including Kaczmarek, left in November 2013. On 30 March 2014, Kaczmarek followed Bradley to Norwegian club Stabæk IF, still as his assistant.[6]

On 8 January 2020, Kaczmarek was appointed assistant coach of head coach Kosta Runjaić at Pogoń Szczecin.[7]

On 1 September 2021, he was announced as the manager of Lechia Gdańsk.[8] In his first season in charge, he led Lechia to a 4th place finish in Ekstraklasa. Exactly a year after his appointment, he was relieved of his duties following a poor start to the campaign, with Lechia crashing out of the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round and at the bottom of the league table, with just one point following six games.[9]

On 10 April 2023, Kaczmarek was appointed manager of Eerste Divisie side Den Bosch on a two-year contract.[10]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Fortuna Köln: Kaczmarek folgt auf Koschinat" [Fortuna Cologne: Kaczmarek follows Koschinat] (in German). 30 October 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Fortuna Köln: Zapel folgt auf Kaczmarek" [Fortuna Cologne: Zapel follows Kaczmarek]. dfb.de (in German). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Weltenbummler für die Stuttgarter Kickers". fupa.net (in German). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Bonner SC will in nächster Saison aufsteigen". General-Anzeiger (in German). 3 August 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Weltmeister Kohler U19-Trainer in Bonn". Focus (in German). 31 December 2011.
  6. ^ Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ Tomasz Kaczmarek w sztabie szkoleniowym Pogoni, pogonszczecin.pl, 8 January 2020
  8. ^ "Tomasz Kaczmarek nowym trenerem Lechii Gdańsk" (in Polish). Lechia Gdańsk. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Tomasz Kaczmarek nie jest już trenerem Lechii Gdańsk" (in Polish). Lechia Gdańsk. 1 September 2022.
  10. ^ "TOMASZ KACZMAREK NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER FC DEN BOSCH" (in Dutch). Den Bosch. 10 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Trener Września 2021: Tomasz Kaczmarek (Lechia Gdańsk)" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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