Ryszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz (born 27 April 1962 in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

) is a Polish

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manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

and former player.

Career

Club

After playing 10 years for

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish f ...

, he left Poland in 1989 and played for

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

(

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) and

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...

Besançon RC Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...

(all in France).

National team

He played for the Polish national team and was a participant of the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

Managerial career

Just like his active career, Tarasiewicz started his managing career at

. After 2 years, where he led the club to the

II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' refer ...

, he resigned due to conflicts with the club's then president Edward Ptak. He went on to coach

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the Reserve Battalion in Białystok. Jagiellonia play their home g ...

, but was dismissed before the end of the season due to poor results. On 19 June 2007 he yet again signed a contract with

. In 2008, he led the club back to the highest Polish football league, the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

, making him the first manager in the club's history, who promoted twice with his team. On 22 September 2010 he was dismissed from his position due to a poor start to the 2010-11 Ekstraklasa season. On 7 November 2011 he signed a contract with

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ice ...

Honours

Player

Śląsk Wrocław *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

: 1986–87

Manager

Zawisza Bydgoszcz *

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga v ...

: 2012–13 *

: 2013–14

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarasiewicz, Ryszard 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Wrocław Polish footballers Association football midfielders Poland youth international footballers Poland international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Śląsk Wrocław players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players AS Nancy Lorraine players RC Lens players Racing Besançon players Étoile Carouge FC players Sarpsborg FK players Ekstraklasa players Ligue 1 players Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Polish football managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Jagiellonia Białystok managers ŁKS Łódź managers Pogoń Szczecin managers Zawisza Bydgoszcz managers Korona Kielce managers Arka Gdynia managers