Lukáš Jarolím (born 29 July 1976) is a retired

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player.

Personal life

He is the son of

Karel Jarolím Karel Jarolím (born 23 August 1956) is a Czech football coach and former Czechoslovakia international footballer. As a player, he played as a midfielder and made 275 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League. Career Jarolím was the coach o ...

, brother of

David Jarolím David Jarolím (; born 17 May 1979 in Čáslav) is a Czech former footballer and manager of Ústí nad Labem. A central midfielder by position, Jarolím was known for his stamina, passing and technical skill. Club career Born in Caslav, Czecho ...

and cousin of

Marek Jarolím Marek Jarolím (born 21 May 1984) is a former Czech football midfielder who currently is the head coach of SK Slavia Prague's B-team. Career Club career In March 2013, Jarolím signed for Chinese Super League club Hangzhou Greentown. After leav ...

. He was born in

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where his father played for their local club.

Football career

He started his career at youth ranks of

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, where his father was playing for the first team. He then followed his father to join the French clubs, and then back to Slavia Prague in 1990. He was loaned to FC Union Cheb and

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for the 1996–97 season. He played his last game for Slavia Prague at the start of the season, and then moved to

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. He played for Marila Příbram until January 2003; then he joined French

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club Sedan. He followed to club to

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and played the first half of the 2003–04 season, and then moved again to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, playing for Greuther Fürth. He moved back to

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, before he rejoined

in 2005; both clubs were coached by his father. He played for the club for two more seasons, also becoming team captain, before moving to

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on free transfer in 2007, on a two-year contract. He joined Slavia once more in 2010 and became club

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in 2011 following the departure of

Karol Kisel Karol Kisel (born 15 March 1977) is Slovak football agent and retired footballer. Club career He previously played for Lokomotíva Košice, Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, Bohemians Praha, Sparta Prague and FC Slovan Liberec. Sydney FC In early 2 ...

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