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Jacek Gmoch (Jacek Wojciech Gmoch) was born on 13 January, 1939 in Pruszków, Poland, is a Polish footballer, manager, trainer, and team selector. Discover Jacek Gmoch's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January, 1939
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace Pruszków, Poland
Nationality Poland

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At 85 years old, Jacek Gmoch height is 179 cm .

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1939

Jacek Wojciech Gmoch (born 13 January 1939 in Pruszków) is a Polish former professional footballer, manager, and commentator.

As a player he spent the majority of his career playing for Legia Warsaw as a defender, and represented Poland 29 times internationally.

After a career ending injury he became a successful trainer, winning multiple titles in Poland, Greece, and Cyprus, while also managing the Poland National Team.

While having a successful football career at Legia, he simultaneously graduated in communication from the Warsaw University of Technology.

1953

Gmoch began his career playing for his local childhood club Znicz Pruszków in 1953.

After an impressive spell he earned a move to Legia Warsaw, where he went on to have a successful career playing over 300 games.

1964

With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in 1964 and 1966) and contributed to the beginning of the successful Championship winning 1968–69 season.

He also became a regular player for the National Team of Poland during this period (29 caps).

1969

Following a major injury in a friendly match, Gmoch began his coaching career, starting as assistant manager for Legia Warsaw between 1969–71.

Achieving another Polish Championship in 1969-70, and reaching the semi-final of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in the same season.

1970

While, in 1970-71 Legia finished runner’s up of Poland, and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions Clubs’ Cup losing to Atlético Madrid.

1971

Shortly after he was offered the Poland National Team assistant's job by Kazimierz Górski, lasting from 1971–74.

1972

Together they achieved an Olympic Gold medal in Munich 1972, as well as 3rd Place in the 1974 World Cup, which to this day are considered to be Poland’s greatest ever football achievements.

1974

After the World Cup in 1974 he left the National team and moved to the U.S. to pursue his scientific career at the University of Pennsylvania (1975–6).

1976

However, he quickly returned to international football in 1976 being offered the coach’s job of the National Team of Poland after Górski left.

1978

He managed to qualify for the 1978 Mundial in Argentina by finishing first in his qualifying group against Portugal, Denmark, and Cyprus.

During the World Cup, he reached the second round where ultimately Poland finished 5th in the final rankings, only losing to Brazil, and eventual winners and hosts Argentina.

After the 1978 World Cup he stepped down from the Poland job, moving to Norway, Cyprus, and Greece where he became one of the most successful and recognised coaches.

1979

In Norway, he became the manager of Skeid Fotball in 1979, where he saved the team from relegation in his one and only season as head coach.

Next, he went to Greece and first worked as a manager of PAS Giannina between 1979-1981, earning a very respectable 6th place in his first season.

1981

He later joined Apollon Athens in 1981-82, and Larisa in 1982-83, where he finished runner up in the Greek league, the first time a provincial team managed this feat.

1983

Subsequently, in 1983 he made his big step as a manager and became trainer of Panathinaikos.

In his first season as Panathinaikos manager in 1983-84, his team won the Double and the following season in 1984-85, his team finished runner up in the league, and for the second time in their history, reached the semi-finals of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup, where they were eliminated by Liverpool.

Despite this success, the Panathinaikos management fired him at the end of the season.

According to newspapers of the time, one of the reasons he was fired was because he did not tolerate interference in the team by the management.

1985

For the 1985–86 season, he became coach of another great Greek club, AEK finishing 3rd, and the following season he again became coach of Larisa.

1987

In 1987-88, his team historically won their first and only Greek Championship, until today the only team outside of Athens and Thessaloniki to do so.

1988

After Larisa, he worked as the manager of Olympiacos in 1988-89, again finishing as runner up in the league, and Aris Thessaloniki between 1990-91.

1991

In 1991 he went to Cyprus to become APOEL trainer, where his team won the Championship, Cup, and Super Cup.

1992

He remained there until the middle of the 1992-93 season.

1994

Later, he worked for Athinaikos (1994–95), Ethnikos Piraeus (1995–96), APOEL (1996-97) winning another Super Cup and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, Ionikos (1997–98) finishing a club record 5th place in the league, Kalamata (1998–99) securing promotion to the top flight, Panionios (1999), and again for Ionikos in 2002–03.

2004

After retiring from management he acted as a member of the Polish Olympic representation team in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.

Later he also became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks.

He notably commentated Champions League matches for the Greek Television ERT, as well as International Tournaments in Poland for channels Polsat and TVP.

2010

On 15 November 2010, Gmoch took over as the caretaker manager of Panathinaikos, following Nikos Nioplias, who resigned after a string of mediocre results in the first part of the 2010–11 season.

As caretaker manager he successfully won against Iraklis in his only final match before being succeeded by the new manager of the team, Jesualdo Ferreira.

The game ended 4–2, despite Iraklis taking a 0-2 lead in the first half, and when the game ended after managing a heroic comeback the stadium crowd applauded him to thank him for everything he had done for the club.

As of 21 November 2010

Managerial record by team and tenure

Legia Warsaw