Edward Wolecki Black (born 13 March 1965) is a Scottish

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player and

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. He was

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club Gartcairn Juniors and has also previously managed Forfar West End, Lochee United, Montrose, Edusport Academy and Airdrieonians in men's football, and women's teams Glasgow City,

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and

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Playing career

Wolecki was a player in the lower leagues of Scottish football, before becoming a coach at

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under the management of both

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and

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Management career

After coaching stints with

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and

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, Wolecki became

of Lochee United. Wolecki guided Lochee to the east super league title and theScottish Junior Cup Final in 2005, which they lost to

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. He was appointed manager of Montrose in December 2005, but David Robertson was then brought in as co-manager in June 2006. Wolecki was unhappy with this arrangement and left the club in September 2006 after agreeing a settlement with the club. Wolecki joined women's club Glasgow City as coach for the start of the 2007–08 season. He was later appointed to a full-time position with Glasgow City, becoming the first salaried coach of a women's football team in Scotland. Wolecki took sole charge of football affairs at City at the start of the 2011 season, when former manager Peter Caulfield refused an upstairs role. Caulfield subsequently joined rivals

. Wolecki left Glasgow City in July 2015, having guided the team to eight consecutive league championships and on the brink of a ninth title. After a brief spell at Edusport Academy, he joined Airdrieonians as the Youth Academy Director of Coaching in September 2015. After

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left the club in December 2015, Wolecki was appointed head coach of Airdrieonians. He suffered a stroke in March 2016, having fallen ill during a match between Airdrie and

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was appointed acting head coach at Airdrieonians until the end of the 2015–16 season. For the 2016–17 season,

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was promoted to first team coach with Wolecki Black making a "staged return to work". However, in October 2016 both Wolecki Black and McBride left the

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, with the Airdrie board looking to progress with a "more formal structured footing". During November 2016 it was announced in the press that Wolecki Black would be suing former club Airdrie for loss of income. Wolecki Black returned to management in November 2017 when he was appointed manager of Motherwell Ladies. He moved to a similar position with Celtic Women in July 2018. After just one season at Celtic, Wolecki Black then made a return to Motherwell ahead of the 2020 season. He left again in March 2021, to concentrate on a degree course, but within days was appointed as

at West of Scotland League club Gartcairn Juniors, with performance responsibility for their men's, women's, youth and academy teams.

Personal life

Wolecki Black is married to former

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international defender Emma Fernon. They met when she was a player under him at Glasgow City.

Managerial statistics

*No statistics as yet for other clubs.

Managerial honours

;Lochee United * SJFA East Region Super League (1): 2004–05. tayside premier division champions 1999–2000. Albert Hershell trophy 2000–2001. REDWOOD LEISURE CUP 2003–2004, TAYSIDE NORTH CUP 2003–2004 SCOTTISH JUNIOR CUP RUNNERS UP 2005,SCOTTISH JUNIORS SUPER CUP RUNNERS UP 2006 ;Glasgow City *

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(8): 2007–08, 2008–09,2009,2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 *

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(6): 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 *

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(7): 2008–09,2009,2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ;FORFAR WEST END EAST REGION NORTH DIVISION champions 2006–07, ;ABERTAY UNIVERSITY Scottish league champions 2004, ;MOTHERWELL WFC swpl2 champions, 2018 ;CELTIC WFC Scottish women's premier league (joint) runners up 2019

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) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolecki, Eddie 1965 births Deveronvale F.C. players Living people Lochee United F.C. managers Montrose F.C. managers Montrose F.C. players Scottish Football League managers Scottish football managers Scottish men's footballers Airdrieonians F.C. managers Scottish Professional Football League managers Dundee United F.C. non-playing staff Footballers from Dundee Glasgow City F.C. managers Men's association football forwards Celtic F.C. Women managers Caledonian Braves F.C. managers Scottish Women's Premier League managers Scottish Junior Football Association managers Motherwell F.C. Women managers