Ryszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz (born 27 April 1962) is a Polish professional

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and former

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who was most recently in charge of

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. As of the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, they compete in the II liga, ...

. In 1989, he won the Polish Footballer of the Year plebiscite organized by the ''

Piłka Nożna Piłka or Pilka may refer to the following places: * Piłka, Chodzież County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Piłka, Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Piłka, Międzychód County ...

'' football weekly.

Career

Club

After playing 10 years for

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

, he left Poland in 1989 and played for Swiss club

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and French sides

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), known as AS Nancy Lorraine, and more commonly as Nancy, is a French football club founded in 1967 and based in Nancy, Grand Est. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Marcel Picot located in Tomb ...

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (), commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply as Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' (), comes from i ...

and

Besançon RC Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, 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 Switzerland. Capi ...

National team

He played for the Poland 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 Association football, 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-tea ...

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 Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, 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'' referre ...

, 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 professional 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 42nd Infantry Regiment Reserve Battalion in Bi ...

, 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 (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

, 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 The 2010–11 Ekstraklasa was the 77th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It began on 6 August 2010 and concluded on 29 May 2011. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in t ...

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, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tarasiewicz goal.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Śląsk Wrocław *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 1986–87 Poland U18 *

UEFA European Under-18 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply the Euro Under-19, is an annual football competition, contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Spain is the most successful team in this competit ...

runner-up:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

Individual * ''Piłka Nożna'' Polish Footballer of the Year: 1989

Manager

Śląsk Wrocław *

III liga, group III III or iii may refer to: Companies * Information International, Inc., a computer technology company * Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a library-software company * 3i, formerly Investors in Industry, a British investment company Other uses * I ...

: 2004–05 *

Ekstraklasa Cup The Ekstraklasa Cup () was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs that played in the Polish Ekstraklasa. The Ekstraklasa Cup was the fourth attempt at introducing a League Cup competition in Poland. The first such tournament was a on ...

: 2008–09 Zawisza Bydgoszcz *

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

: 2013–14

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarasiewicz, Ryszard 1962 births Living people Footballers from Wrocław Polish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's 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 Swiss Super League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Polish football managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers II liga managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Jagiellonia Białystok managers ŁKS Łódź managers Pogoń Szczecin managers Zawisza Bydgoszcz managers Korona Kielce managers Arka Gdynia managers Warta Poznań managers Kotwica Kołobrzeg (football) managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen