Edgar Gess

Edgar Gess
Personal information
Full name	Edgar Yakovlevich Gess
Date of birth	14 March 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Taboshary, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Striker
Youth career
1969–1971	Kuroma Taboshary
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1979	Pamir Dushanbe
1979–1983	Spartak Moscow
1984–1986	Pakhtakor
International career
1979	USSR
Managerial career
1986	Pakhtakor (assistant)
1987–1988	Zarafshan Navoi
1988–1991	FC Mittelbiberach
1991–1995	Wacker Biberach
1995	FC Mittelbiberach
1997–1999	FV Biberach
1999–2003	Türkspor Biberach
2004	Almaty
2005	Alania Vladikavkaz (assistant)
2005	Alania Vladikavkaz
2006	Vėtra
2006–2007	Andijan
2008	Nasaf
2009–2011	Shurtan Guzar
2012–2013	Shurtan Guzar
2013–2014	FK Buxoro
2014–2015	Andijan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edgar Yakovlevich Gess (Russian: Эдгар Яковлевич Гесс; German: Edgar Hess; born 14 March 1954) is a Tajikistani-German football coach and a former Soviet player.^[1]

International career

Gess played his only game for the USSR on 5 September 1979 in a friendly game against East Germany.^[2]

Coaching career

On 18 April 2005, Gess was appointed as the Head Coach of Alania Vladikavkaz following the departure of Bakhva Tedeyev.^[3]

In 2009–2011 he was head coach of an Uzbek club Shurtan Guzar. During this time Shurtan Guzar finished 4th in the 2010 season and the team reached the Uzbek Cup final, losing 0–1 to Bunyodkor. On 30 June 2011 he was sacked as a result of the previous losses and Tachmurad Agamuradov was named as the new coach of Shurtan. In July 2012 Gess was appointed as head coach of Shurtan again, after Igor Kriushenko was sacked as well due to a losing record. On 15 May 2013 he was sacked again and left the club permanently. On 10 November 2013 FK Buxoro announced that they had hired Gess as their new manager, replacing Tachmurad Agamuradov in this position.