Ryszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz (born 27 April 1962) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who was most recently in charge of I liga club Kotwica Kołobrzeg.

[2] After playing 10 years for Śląsk Wrocław, he left Poland in 1989 and played for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax and French sides AS Nancy, RC Lens and Besançon RC.

He played for the Poland national team[3] and was a participant of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

He went on to coach Jagiellonia Białystok, but was dismissed before the end of the season due to poor results.

On 22 September 2010, he was dismissed from his position due to a poor start to the 2010–11 Ekstraklasa season.