Marek Kusto

{{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

| 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 = Beveren

| caps4 = 232

| goals4 = 38

| years5 = 1990–1991

| clubs5 = KAV Dendermonde

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 1974–1984

| nationalteam1 = 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 football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|3rd|1974 West Germany|}}

{{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|3rd|1982 Spain|}}

}}

Marek Andrzej Kusto (born 29 April 1954) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.

He played for several domestic and foreign clubs, including Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and KSK Beveren (Belgium),{{Cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8119|title = Marek Kusto}} and for the Poland national team,{{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 }} 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,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513231750/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=52598/index.html FIFA.com] 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.