| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-03-15)15 March 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Sienno, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1977 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | ||
| 1977–1979 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
| 1979–1979 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | ||
| 1979–1983 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
| 1983–1985 | Ruch Chorzów | 61 | (1) |
| 1985–1988 | Legia Warsaw | 70 | (1) |
| 1988–1989 | Polonia Sydney | ||
| 1989–1990 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| 1991–1993 | FF Jaro | 50 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Tampereen Pallo-Veikot | 62 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | EuPa Eura | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Wicher Kobyłka | ||
| 1998–2001 | Legia Warsaw II | ||
| 2001 | Legia Warsaw (caretaker) | ||
| 2001 | Legia Warsaw (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Legia Warsaw II | ||
| 2003–2004 | Legia Warsaw (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Legia Warsaw (caretaker) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Legia Warsaw (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Legia Warsaw II | ||
| 2006–2011 | Huragan Wołomin [pl] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Krzysztof Stanisław Gawara (born 15 March 1958) is a Polish formerfootball manager andplayer who played as adefender.
The first years of his career were spent in Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk, where Gawara graduated fromPolonia Bydgoszcz, before playing forZawisza Bydgoszcz andLechia Gdańsk. In 1983, he joinedRuch Chorzów, with whom he made hisEkstraklasa debut. After several seasons spent in Silesia, he moved toLegia Warsaw. Since 1988, he has played abroad, first in the Polonia Club of Sydney, then for Finnish sidesFF Jaro andTampereen Pallo-Veikot, where in 1994 he won theleague title in 1994, before finishing his career at EuPa Eura.
After returning from Finland, he began working as a coach. He was first in charge of Wicher Kobyłka, before returning to Legia. He spent the next few years switching between the senior andreserve teams' technical staffs. AfterFranciszek Smuda was dismissed in March 2001, Gawara was appointed temporary manager of Legia, after which he became assistant underDragomir Okuka. After two more years in charge of Legia's second team, he joinedDariusz Kubicki's staff at the senior technical staff as the assistant. After Kubicki resigned in the autumn of 2004, he became part of a temporary trio of trainers, alongsideLucjan Brychczy andJacek Zieliński. Shortly after, after the latter was appointed on permanent basis, Gawara became his assistant. In the summer of 2006, Gawara left Legia to manage Huragan Wołomin.
Tampereen Pallo-Veikot