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Shek Borkowski
Personal information
Full nameShek Borkowski
Date of birth (1963-01-30) 30 January 1963 (age 58)
Place of birthRzeszow, Poland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club information
Current team
Puerto Rico Sol (Head coach)
Teams managed
YearsTeam
2000–2007F.C. Indiana Men
2004–2009FC Indiana
2009–2010Zvezda-2005
2011–2012FC Indiana
2012–2017Haiti
2017–2018Puerto Rico
2018–Puerto Rico Sol

Shek Borkowski (born 30 January 1963) is a Polish women's association football manager who is currently the head coach of Puerto Rico Sol. He last managed the Puerto Rico women's national football team from 2017 to 2018.[1] He was also the manager of Haiti from 2012 to 2017.

Known primarily for his prominence within women's soccer, Borkowski has won 7 major trophies in 3 countries.

He is most notable for his success with FC Indiana where he won two WPSL titles and two US Open Cup titles. Borkowski was named the 2005 WPSL National Coach of the Year and received the 2008 Field Turf W-League Coach of the Year award.
In 2009 he helped Zvezda-2005 to Russian Superior League title, and in 2010 led Zvezda to round 16 of the UEFA Women's Champions League.
In 2018/19 he led Puerto Rico Sol FC to Liga Puerto Rico title, winning all 21 games, scoring 142 and conceding 3.

Management style[edit]

Borkowski believes in his teams keeping possession of the ball and playing a flowing passing game with the ball always moving; defensively, he likes his team to put a lot of pressure on the opposing team. He was inspired by Ajax Amsterdam as a youth and was later influenced by Total Football, a playing style developed by Rinus Michels at Ajax in the 1970s. He tends to employ a 4–4–2 or 4-3-3 formations with compact lines, of zones, of quick, coordinated movements with a good technique. He characteristically focuses on the strengths of his teams, rather than looking for areas to exploit the opposition.

Managerial career[edit]

Career statistics[edit]

Borkowski's Women's World Cup qualifying record.

As of matches played on 15 June 2018.
TeamFromToRecord
MWDLGFGAGDWin %Ref.
Haiti16 March 201215 February 201885031410+4062.50
Puerto Rico1 March 201731 May 20184220172+15050.00
Total127233112+19058.33—

Titles[edit]

In nine seasons of club management, Borkowski has led three different clubs (in USA, Russia and Puerto Rico) to six domestic league and cup titles.

Russian Women's Supreme League (2009), Women's Premier Soccer League (2010), WPSL 2007,[2] US Open Cup (2005,[3] 2008[4])

Puerto Rico

  • Liga Puerto Rico Champions (2018/19)

Haiti

  • Caribbean Football Union U-20 Champions (2015)

Haiti

  • Caribbean Football Union U-15 Champions (2014)

Russia
Zvezda-2005 Perm (2009–2010)

Zvezda-2005 Perm (2009–2010)[5]

USA
FC Indiana (2008)[6]

USA
FC Indiana (2007)

  • WPSL Champions

USA
FC Indiana (2005)

  • WPSL Champions

USA
FC Indiana (2005)[7]

  • US Open Cup Champions

Individual honors[edit]

  • 2008 FieldTurf W-League Coach of the Year[8]
  • 2005 Women's Premier Soccer League Coach of the Year[9]

Coaching tree[edit]

Below is a list of coaches who played and/or coached under Shek Borkowski.

  • Kaloyan Petkov - Kazakhstan WNT
  • Natalia Zinchenko - Ukraine WNT
  • Fiorda Charles - Haiti WNT
  • Lorena Soto - Paraguay WNT
  • Elena Suslova - Zvezda-2005 Perm
  • Steve Brdarski - St Bonaventure University
  • Craig Roberts - Ball State University
  • Michael Voss - Grace College
  • Sharolta Nonen - Florida International University
  • Kristin Eggert - Liberty University
  • Justin Crew - Ancilla College
  • Annie Hamel - Simon Fraser University
  • Alicia Schuck - Rollins College

Notable players coached[edit]

  • Mizuho Sakaguchi, JPN
  • Monica Ocampo, MEX
  • Fatima Leyva, MEX
  • Aivi Luik, AUS
  • Lauren Sesselmann, CAN
  • Ksenia Tsybutovich, RUS
  • Elizabeta Tona, ITA
  • Elena Danilova, RUS
  • Lisa-Marie Woods, NOR
  • Laura del Rio, ESP
  • Ria Percival, NZL
  • Marie-Eve Nault, CAN
  • Sharolta Nonen, CAN

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://femenino.elhuracanazulpr.com/2018/05/fpf-anuncia-salida-de-los-tecnicos.html
  2. ^ "Multi-national FC Indiana rewarded with WPSL title". Soccer America. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ^ "Three Irish Players Help FC Indiana Win U.S. Open Cup". University of Notre Dame. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ^ "National Cup Finals Recap". United States Adult Soccer Association. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ^ "Borkowski takes over at Zvezda". UEFA.com. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ^ "List of Cup Winners". rsssf.com. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ^ "Three Irish Players Help FC Indiana Win U.S. Open Cup\date=6 August 2005". und.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ^ "Borkowski named Coach of the Year". Globe Newswire. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2009. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ^ "2005 WPSL National Awards Announced". wpsl.info. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 5 June 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

  • Official Puerto Rico Sol website