Edgar Yakovlevich Gess (; ; born 14 March 1954) is a

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coach and a former

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player.

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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Coaching career

On 18 April 2005, Gess was appointed as the Head Coach of

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following the departure of Bakhva Tedeyev. In 2009–2011 he was head coach of an Uzbek club 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 Bunyodkor. 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 FK Buxoro 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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Honours

Player

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winner: 1979.

Manager

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4th: 2010 * Uzbek Cup runners-up: 2010

References

1954 births Living people People from Sughd Region Tajikistani emigrants to Germany Soviet emigrants to Germany Tajikistani people of German descent Russian and Soviet-German people Soviet men's footballers Tajikistani men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Soviet Union men's international footballers CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players FC Spartak Moscow players Soviet Top League players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players German football managers FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers FC Nasaf managers Russian Premier League managers Uzbekistan Super League managers FC Andijon managers FC Bukhara managers Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan German expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{USSR-footy-midfielder-stub