Edgar Yakovlevich Gess (russian: Эдгар Яковлевич Гесс; german: Edgar Hess; born 14 March 1954) is a

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- German football coach and a former

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player. He is the current head coach of the

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football club.

International career

Gess played his only game for the

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on 5 September 1979 in a friendly game against

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. In 2009–2011 he was head coach of Shurtan Guzar. During this time ''Shurtan Guzar'' finished 4th in the 2010 season and the team reached the Uzbek Cup

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, losing 0–1 to

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. On 30 June 2011 he was sacked as a result of the previous losses and Tachmurad Agamuradov was named as the new coach of ''Shurtan''. In July 2012 Gess was appointed as head coach of ''Shurtan'' again, after Igor Kriushenko was sacked as well due to a losing record. On 15 May 2013 he was sacked again and left the club permanently. On 10 November 2013

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announced that they had hired Gess as their new manager, replacing Tachmurad Agamuradov in this position.

Personal life

He is a Russian German and emigrated in 1989 to

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in Swabia,

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Honours

Player

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winner: 1979.

Manager

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

4th: 2010 *

Uzbek Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer). Previous champions All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times: *1939: Dinamo Tashkent *1940: Dinamo T ...

runners-up: 2010

References

1954 births Living people People from Sughd Region Tajikistani emigrants to Germany Soviet emigrants to Germany Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Russian and Soviet-German people German football managers CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players FC Spartak Moscow players German expatriates in Kazakhstan Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Tajikistani people of German descent FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers Russian Premier League managers Tajikistani expatriates in Kazakhstan Tajikistani footballers Soviet Top League players Association football midfielders {{USSR-footy-bio-stub