Steven Polack
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven George Polack | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1994 | RoPS | 265 | (31) |
| 1995–1998 | Inter Turku | 76 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Inter Turku | ||
| 2000[1] | FC Espoo (youth) | ||
| 2001–2002 | FC Boda | ||
| 2003 | FC KooTeePee | ||
| 2004 | FC Viikingit | ||
| 2005 | AC Oulu | ||
| 2006 | KPV | ||
| 2006[1] | FC Raahe | ||
| 2007[1] | PK Keski-Uusimaa | ||
| 2007–2009 | King Faisal Babes | ||
| 2009–2010 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
| 2011 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
| 2013–2015[2] | KTP (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
| 2017–2018 | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 2019– | Gor Mahia F.C. | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steven George Polack[3] (born 10 January 1961) is an English football manager and former player who has been head coach of clubs in Finland, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.[4] As a player, he spent most of his career as a defender and midfielder in Finland.
Early and personal life
[edit | edit source]Polack was born in Birmingham, England to an English mother and a father from the West Indies.[3] He also holds Finnish citizenship.[5][6]
Career
[edit | edit source]Polack played 13 seasons and 301 games for RoPS Rovaniemi and FC Inter in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga from 1984 to 1994 and 1996–1997. He is one of the most notable players of RoPS.[2]
After his playing career Polack has been coaching several clubs in Finland as well as King Faisal and Berekum Chelsea and SC Kotoko in Ghana, Gor Mahia in Kenya and Marumo Gallants in South Africa.[7][8]
Honours
[edit | edit source]As a player
[edit | edit source]RoPS
- Finnish Cup: 1986
- 2 Bronze Medals
- Player of the year (5 times)
As a manager
[edit | edit source]Berekum Chelsea
- GHALCA Glo G8 Cup: 2011
Asante Kotoko
- MTN Ghanaian FA Cup: 2017–18
- President's Cup: 2017–18
Gor Mahia
- Kenyan Super Cup: 2019
- Kenyan Premier League: 2019–20
Individual
- MTN Coach of the Year: 2017 Ghana
- Coach of the Month Kenya: October 2019, November 2019, February 2020
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Steve Polack arrives for Berekum Chelsea coaching job‚ ghanasoccernet.com, 18 August 2011
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- ^ BREAKING: Kotoko sack coach Steven Polack after Confed Cup exit, blackpoolgazette.co.uk, 23 February 2018
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- 1961 births
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- English football managers
- Finnish football managers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- FC Inter Turku players
- FC Inter Turku managers
- Expatriate football managers in Ghana
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Asante Kotoko S.C. managers
- English people of West Indian descent
- Finnish people of Caribbean descent
- Finnish people of English descent
- English expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Naturalized citizens of Finland
- King Faisal F.C. managers
- Ghana Premier League managers
- AC Oulu managers
- FC Inter Turku non-playing staff
- Finnish football defender stubs
- English football defender, 1960s birth stubs