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| Date of birth | (1935-03-10)10 March 1935 (age 90) | ||
| Place of birth | Vilnius, Poland | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Lechia Gdańsk | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1959 | Jedność Gościcino | ||
| 1959–1960 | Grom Wejherowo | ||
| 1960 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | ||
| 1962–1965 | Meduza Gdańsk | ||
| 1965–1971 | Arka Gdynia | ||
| 1971–1973 | Stoczniowiec Gdańsk | ||
| 1974 | Bałtyk Gdynia | ||
| 1975 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
| 1976 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
| 1979 | Kenya | ||
| 1980 | Cracovia | ||
| 1981 | Odra Opole | ||
| 1981 | Arka Gdynia | ||
| 1988 | Stal Stalowa Wola | ||
| 1988–1989 | Bałtyk Gdynia | ||
| 1994 | Bałtyk Gdynia | ||
| 1995 | Arka Gdynia | ||
Grzegorz Polakow (born 10 March 1935) is a Polish formerfootball manager who spent the majority of his career managing teams in thePomeranian area.
Born in Vilnius, which was then part of Poland, Polakow's family will have moved toGdańsk during thePolish population transfers. He played in the Lechia youth teams but never progressed to the first team. After failing to become a footballer, Polakow became a football manager at the age of 24, starting with small village and town teams of Jedność Gościcino inGościcino and Grom Wejherowo inWejherowo. Polakow's first big move in management was withZawisza Bydgoszcz who he joined in 1960. He helped Zawisza get promoted to theI liga for the first time in their history, but wasn't in place for their first season of top flight football. Polakow managed Meduza Gdańsk for four seasons from 1962 to 1965. In 1965 Polakow moved to manageArka Gdynia, spending six seasons at the club, which would be his longest spell at one club.[1] During his time at Arka he experienced a relegation, before being promoted straight away the season after. He moved toStoczniowiec Gdańsk in 1971, once again winning promotion with a team securing promotion to theII liga winning the league in the 1972–73 season. In 1974 he managedBałtyk Gdynia,ŁKS Łódź in 1975, andLechia Gdańsk in 1976, with whom he helped to finish runners-up with in the II liga.[2] After three years out of management, Polakow took charge of theKenya national team in 1979,[3][4] before returning to Poland to manageCracovia the following year. He had two more short spells withOdra Opole and again with Arka Gdynia, both spells were in 1981, before taking another break from management until 1988 when he joinedStal Stalowa Wola, and then with Bałtyk Gdynia from 1988 to 1989. After another break, Polakow returned to management for the final time with Bałtyk Gdynia in 1994,[5] and finally once more with Arka Gdynia, being part of the 1994–95 season when Arka was in turmoil, having five different managers over the course of the season. After this spell with Arka, Polakow retired from management in 1995.
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Arka Gdynia
Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
Lechia Gdańsk
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