Bartosz Piotr Grzelak (born 2 November 1978) is a Swedish

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manager who most recently served as the head coach of AIK in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. He is also a former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Grzelak made his sole

appearance for AIK on 26 October 1997 in a

1997 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 1997, part of the 1997 Swedish football season, was the 73rd Allsvenskan season played. Halmstads BK won the league ahead of runners-up IFK Göteborg, while Västerås SK, Degerfors IF and Panos Ljungskile SK were relegated. Leagu ...

game against Malmö FF when he replaced

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in the last couple of minutes of the game. He was also a Sweden U19 international, appearing in seven games in 1996.

Managerial career

In 2009 Grzelak became playing assistant manager for IK Frej. He became head coach for the club in 2012. In June 2017 he joined as assistant manager to Rikard Norling in

side AIK. In December 2018 he was appointed as assistant manager to the Sweden national under-21 football team. In July 2020 he was appointed as AIK's new head coach, following the dismissal of Norling. In August 2022, Grzelak was dismissed as the head coach of AIK after a string of poor performances in August, including a 3-0 defeat against

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in the

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play-off round, as well as a 1-0 defeat against Kalmar FF and a 2-2 draw against IFK Värnamo in

Managerial statistics

¹ Only competitive matches are counted.

Personal life

He was born in

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, Polish People's Republic, to Polish parents before moving to Sweden at the age of four.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grzelak, Bartosz 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Szczecin Polish footballers Polish football managers Swedish footballers Swedish football managers IF Brommapojkarna players AIK Fotboll managers AIK Fotboll non-playing staff Association football midfielders Allsvenskan managers Polish emigrants to Sweden Polish expatriate football managers