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'''Ryszard Kulesza''' (28 September 1931, in [[Warsaw]] – 19 May 2008, in Warsaw) was a [[Poland|Polish]] footballer, coach and official, one of managers of the [[Poland national football team]]. His father was killed during the [[Warsaw Uprising]], and Kulesza himself, who was 13, was lucky to survive, as a German soldier threw him under a passing tank. After the uprising, he was forcibly taken to Germany as [[Ost-Arbeiter]], but escaped and returned to Poland on foot.
After the war, Kulesza played in such teams, as [[Okęcie Warszawa]], [[Polonia Warsaw]], and [[Polonia Bydgoszcz]]. He ended his career as a player in 1961, and began working as a coach. In 1972–1974, Kulesza coached [[Lechia Gdańsk]], and since 1974, he worked with several national teams of Poland, such as U-21 (1974–1975), and U-23 (1975–1978). In 1976, Kulesza co-worked with [[Kazimierz Górski]], and later with [[Jacek Gmoch]] (1976–1977 and 1978). In October 1978, after Gmoch's resignation, he took the post of general manager of Polish national team, but left this post in December 1980, as a result of the [[Okęcie Airport incident]]. He was replaced with [[Antoni Piechniczek]].
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