Tomasz Kaczmarek (born 20 September 1984) is a Polish professional

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and former

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who is the current assistant manager of

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Coaching career

Kaczmarek moved from Poland to Germany at the age of 9 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

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. 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

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. Bradley and his coaching staff, including Kaczmarek, left in November 2013. On 30 March 2014, Kaczmarek followed Bradley to Norwegian club

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, still as his assistant. On 8 January 2020, Kaczmarek was appointed assistant coach of head coach

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. On 1 September 2021, he was announced as the manager of

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. In his first season in charge, he led Lechia to a 4th place finish in

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. 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

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second qualifying round and at the bottom of the league table, with just one point following six games. On 10 April 2023, Kaczmarek was appointed manager of

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on a two-year contract. He was sacked on 11 April 2024, with a record of 7 wins, 10 draws and 23 losses across all competitions. On 11 June 2024, he joined

's coaching staff as an assistant under manager

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Honours

Individual *

Coach of the Month: September 2021

References

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