Steven George Polack (born 10 January 1961) is an English

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and former player who the head coach of

Gor Mahia F.C. Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a association football, football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 ...

in Kenya. As a player, he spent most of his career as a defender in Finland, also receiving Finnish citizenship.

Early life

Polack was born in Birmingham, England to an English mother and a father from the

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Career

Polack played 13 seasons and 301 caps for

RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. In 2019 RoPS participated in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') marking their 32nd season in the top flight (previously called "Veikk ...

and FC Inter in the Finnish premier division

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from 1984 to 1994 and 1996–1997. He is one of the most notable players of RoPS. After his playing career Polack has been coaching several clubs in Finland as well as King Faisal and

Berekum Chelsea Berekum United Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Berekum, Bono Region, previously known as Bechem Chelsea Football Club. They compete in the Ghanaian top-flight league called the First Capital Premier League. Hist ...

in Ghana.

Honours

As a player

RoPS *

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup ( fi, Suomen cup; sv, Finlands cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the ...

: 1986

As a manager

Berekum Chelsea * GHALCA Glo G8 Cup: 2011 Asante Kotoko * MTN Ghanaian FA Cup: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18 Gor Mahia * Kenyan Super Cup: 2019 *

Kenyan Premier League The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League and as the BetKing Premier League (BPL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan ...

: 2019–20 Individual *MTN Coach of the Year: 2017 Ghana *Coach of the Month Kenya: October 2019, November 2019, February 2020

References

1961 births Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland English football managers Finnish football managers Veikkausliiga players Rovaniemen Palloseura players FC Inter Turku players FC Inter Turku managers Expatriate football managers in Ghana Living people Men's association football defenders Asante Kotoko S.C. managers English people of West Indian descent Finnish people of Caribbean descent Finnish people of English descent English expatriate sportspeople in Finland Naturalized citizens of Finland King Faisal Babes F.C. managers Ghana Premier League managers {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub