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{{short description|Tajikistani-German football coach & former Soviet player (born 1954)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image        =
| name         = Edgar Gess
| fullname     = Edgar Yakovlevich Gess
| height       = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}}
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1954|3|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Taboshary]], [[Tajik SSR]], Soviet Union
| position     = [[Midfielder]]/[[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub  = 
| youthyears1  = 1969–1971
| youthclubs1  = Kuroma Taboshary
| years1       = 1972–1979
| clubs1       = [[SKA-Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]] | caps1 = 198 | goals1 = 44
| years2       = 1979–1983
| clubs2       = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]  | caps2 = 114 | goals2 = 26
| years3       = 1984–1986
| clubs3       = [[FC Pakhtakor|Pakhtakor]]            | caps3 = 93 | goals3 = 15
| nationalyears1 = 1979
| nationalteam1 = [[USSR national football team|USSR]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1986
| managerclubs1  = [[FC Pakhtakor|Pakhtakor]] (assistant)
| manageryears2  = 1987–1988 | managerclubs2  = Zarafshan Navoi
| manageryears3  = 1988–1991 | managerclubs3  = FC Mittelbiberach
| manageryears4  = 1991–1995 | managerclubs4  = Wacker Biberach
| manageryears5  = 1995      | managerclubs5  = FC Mittelbiberach
| manageryears6  = 1997–1999 | managerclubs6  = FV Biberach
| manageryears7  = 1999–2003 | managerclubs7  = Türkspor Biberach
| manageryears8  = 2004      | managerclubs8  = [[FC Almaty|Almaty]]
| manageryears9  = 2005      | managerclubs9  = [[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]] (assistant)
| manageryears10 = 2005      | managerclubs10 = [[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
| manageryears11 = 2006      | managerclubs11 = [[FK Vėtra|Vėtra]]
| manageryears12 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs12 = [[FK Andijan|Andijan]]
| manageryears13 = 2008      | managerclubs13 = [[FC Nasaf|Nasaf]]
| manageryears14 = 2009–2011 | managerclubs14 = [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan Guzar]]
| manageryears15 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs15 = [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan Guzar]]
| manageryears16 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs16 = [[FK Buxoro]]
| manageryears17 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs17 = [[FK Andijan|Andijan]]
}}

'''Edgar Yakovlevich Gess''' ({{langx|ru|Эдгар Яковлевич Гесс}}; {{langx|de|Edgar Hess}}; born 14 March 1954) is a [[Tajikistan]]i-[[Germany|German]] [[association football|football]] coach and a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rus.spartak.com/usr/club/player.asp?id=1652&mid=0|title=На сайте ФК "Спартак" Москва|website=spartak.com|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302184307/http://rus.spartak.com/usr/club/player.asp?id=1652&mid=0|archive-date=2 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==International career==
Gess played his only game for the [[USSR national football team|USSR]] on 5 September 1979 in a friendly game against [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]].<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/gess.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629211715/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/gess.html |date=29 June 2020 }}</ref>

==Coaching career==
On 18 April 2005, Gess was appointed as the Head Coach of [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]] following the departure of [[Bakhva Tedeyev]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Эдгар Гесс возглавил "Аланию" |url=https://www.caravan.kz/sport/ehdgar-gess-vozglavil-alaniyu-114439/ |website=caravan.kz |publisher=Caravan KZ |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=Russian |date=19 April 2005}}</ref>

In 2009–2011 he was head coach of an [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] club [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan Guzar]]. During this time ''Shurtan Guzar'' finished 4th in the 2010 season and the team reached the Uzbek Cup [[2010 Uzbekistan Cup Final|final]], losing 0–1 to [[FC Bunyodkor|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.

==Personal life==
He is a Russian German and emigrated in 1989 to [[Ulm]] in [[Swabia]], [[Germany]].
<ref>[http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=ru&id=235191875181249 Статистика на сайте КЛИСФ]</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===
*[[Soviet Top League]] winner: 1979.

===Manager===
*[[Uzbek League]] 4th: 2010
*[[Uzbek Cup]] runners-up: 2010

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{FC Alania Vladikavkaz managers}}
{{FK Andijan managers}}
{{FC Bukhara managers}}

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[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers]]
[[Category:CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players]]
[[Category:FC Spartak Moscow players]]
[[Category:Soviet Top League players]]
[[Category:Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players]]
[[Category:German football managers]]
[[Category:FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers]]
[[Category:FC Nasaf managers]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League managers]]
[[Category:Uzbekistan Super League managers]]
[[Category:FC Andijon managers]]
[[Category:FC Bukhara managers]]
[[Category:Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan]]

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