Marek Jarolím (born 21 May 1984) is a former

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who currently is the head coach of

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's B-team.

Career

Club career

In March 2013, Jarolím signed for

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club

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. After leaving

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, he started training for

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and was engaged in negotiations for returning to his former club. Shortly afterwards, on 6 September 2013, he signed for

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club

Iraklis Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

. He made his debut for his new club in an away 3–2 loss against

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. His first goal for Iraklis came in a home win against Anagennisi Giannitsa. On 18 January 2014, his contract with Iraklis was terminated by mutual consent. In total, he made eight appearances for the club and scored three goals. On 21 January 2014, Jarolím signed a contract with

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side

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Coaching career

In the summer of 2017 Jarolím joined the Slavia Prague U17 team as assistant coach. In June 2020, he was promoted to head coach of Slavia's B-team.

Personal

He is a nephew 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 ...

, a Czech football coach, and a cousin of

Lukáš Jarolím Lukáš Jarolím (born 29 July 1976) is a retired Czech football player. Personal life He is the son of Karel Jarolím, brother of David Jarolím and cousin of Marek Jarolím. He was born in Pardubice where his father played for their loca ...

and

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 ...

Honours

Club

;

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: **Winner (2): 2007–08, 2008–09 ; Jablonec: *

: **Runner-up (1): 2009–10 *

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: **Runner-up (1): 2009–10

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarolim, Marek 1984 births Living people Czech footballers Czech Republic under-21 international footballers Czech First League players Chinese Super League players Football League (Greece) players SK Slavia Prague players FK Mladá Boleslav players FC Viktoria Plzeň players FK Jablonec players FK Teplice players FC Slovan Liberec players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players Czech expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Greece Sportspeople from Olomouc Association football midfielders Bohemians 1905 players SK Slavia Prague non-playing staff