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{{short description|Polish footballer and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Marek Kusto
| image          = Marek Kusto.jpg
| caption        = Kusto in 2007
| fullname       = Marek Andrzej Kusto
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1954|4|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Bochnia]], Poland
| death_date     =
| height         = {{height|m=1.80}}
| position       = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| years1         = 1971–1972
| clubs1         = [[Wawel Kraków]]
| caps1          =
| goals1         =
| years2         = 1972–1977
| clubs2         = [[Wisła Kraków]]
| caps2          = 112
| goals2         = 20
| years3         = 1977–1982
| clubs3         = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| caps3          = 131
| goals3         = 37
| years4         = 1982–1990
| clubs4         = [[K.S.K. Beveren|Beveren]]
| caps4          = 232
| goals4         = 38
| years5         = 1990–1991
| clubs5         = [[KAV Dendermonde]]
| caps5          = 28
| goals5         = 5
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1984
| nationalteam1  = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| nationalcaps1  = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1  = 1993–1994
| managerclubs1  = [[Wisła Kraków]]
| manageryears2  = 1994
| managerclubs2  = [[Wisła Kraków]]
| manageryears3  = 1996–1997
| managerclubs3  = [[Huragan Waksmund]]
| manageryears4  = 1999–2000
| managerclubs4  = [[Wisła Kraków]]
| manageryears5  = 2001
| managerclubs5  = [[Widzew Łódź]]
| manageryears6  = 2001–2003
| managerclubs6  = [[Arka Gdynia]]
| manageryears7  = 2004–2005
| managerclubs7  = [[BKS Bochnia]]
| manageryears8  = 2007
| managerclubs8  = [[BKS Bochnia]]
| manageryears9  = 2008
| managerclubs9  = [[Limanovia Limanowa]]
| medaltemplates      = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 West Germany]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 Spain]]|}}
}}
'''Marek Andrzej Kusto''' (born 29 April 1954) is a Polish former professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and [[football player|player]].

He played for several domestic and foreign clubs, including [[Wisła Kraków]], [[Legia Warsaw]] and [[KSK Beveren]] (Belgium),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8119|title = Marek Kusto}}</ref> and for the [[Poland national football team|Poland national team]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?dzial%3Dhis_rep%26litera%3DK |title=Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci |accessdate=2009-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926133748/http://kadra.pl/index.php?dzial=his_rep&litera=K |archivedate=26 September 2010 }}</ref> participating in three consecutive World Cups: the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], where Poland won the bronze medal; the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]; and [[1982 FIFA World Cup]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513231750/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=52598/index.html FIFA.com]</ref> where Poland again won the bronze medal.

He later worked as a coach for such clubs as [[Wisła Kraków]], [[Widzew Łódź]] and [[Arka Gdynia]], among others.

==Honours==
'''Legia Warsaw'''<ref name="90m">{{cite web |title=Marek Kusto |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8119 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=29 April 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[Polish Cup]]: 1979–80, 1980–81

'''Beveren'''<ref name="90m"/>
* [[Belgian First Division]]: [[1983–84 Belgian First Division|1983–84]]
* [[Belgian Cup]]: 1982–83
* [[Belgian Supercup]]: 1984

'''Poland'''<ref name="90m"/>
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Footballers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship]]
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[[Category:Poland men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:Legia Warsaw players]]
[[Category:K.S.K. Beveren players]]
[[Category:Ekstraklasa players]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League players]]
[[Category:Polish expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium]]
[[Category:1974 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Polish football managers]]
[[Category:Wisła Kraków managers]]
[[Category:Widzew Łódź managers]]
[[Category:Arka Gdynia managers]]
[[Category:Ekstraklasa managers]]
[[Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen]]

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