Career
He recently worked as head coach of FK Andijan. Gess played his only game for Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on 5 September 1979 in a friendly against East Germany. In 2009-2011 he was head coach of Shurtan Guzar.
During this time Shurtan Guzar finished 4th in the 2010 season and the team reached the Uzbek Cup final, losing 0-1 to Bunyodkor.
On 30 June 2011 he was sacked 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.
On 15 May 2013 he was sacked again and left the club On 10 November 2013 FK Buxoro announced that they had hired Gess as their new manager, replacing Tachmurad Agamuradov in this position.
He is a Russian German and emigrated 1989 to Ulm in Swabia, Germany.
Player Manager.