Tomasz Sokolowski (born 25 June 1985) is a

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professional

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who most recently played for

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Career

Club

He is the son of former Polish footballer Kazimierz Sokolowski, who emigrated to Norway in 1991. He started his senior career with

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, which he left after his contract expired at the end of the 2008 season. He joined

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, leaving in November 2011, then Brann and

Stabæk Fotball Stabæk Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo. It is part of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club's name is an archaic spelling of the suburban area Stabekk, from whic ...

. Sokolowski moved to Stabæk, initially on loan, in 2014, leaving the club at the end of the season after his contract expired. After not featuring in any club in 2015, he joined his youth club

for the 2016 season. He left the club again at the end of 2017, but made a comeback in May 2018, where he once again signed with the club, after not getting his contract extended at the end of 2017. But he left the club again, this time at the end of 2018, where his contract expired.Overganger i 2.divisjon vinter 2019
sportshjornet.com, 9 January 2019

International

The younger Sokolowski was eligible to play for both

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and

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, but elected to play for Norway, and got his only

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in a January 2006 friendly against the

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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Szczecin People from Asker Footballers from Akershus Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Polish men's footballers Polish emigrants to Norway Norwegian people of Polish descent Naturalised citizens of Norway Lyn Fotball players Viking FK players SK Brann players Stabæk Fotball players Eliteserien players Asker Fotball players Norwegian Second Division players Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub