Radosław Sobolewski (; born 13 December 1976) is a Polish professional

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and former

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who played as a

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. He was most recently the head coach of

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club

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

. He played for the Poland national team.

Club career

Born in

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

, Sobolewski started his career playing for

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the Reserve Battalion in Białystok. Jagiellonia play their home g ...

. In 1998, he was transferred to

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national foot ...

, where he played for the next four years. He debuted in the top division on 7 March 1998 playing for Wisła Płock against

Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of na ...

. In January 2003 he joined

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1922. Its lo ...

, where he stayed until December 2004. In January 2005, he moved to

, helping the team win four

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titles, in 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons. During the 2005–06 winter transfer period, he was approached by English side Southampton . However, the offer was turned down by Wisła Kraków's board.

International career

Sobolewski was selected to the 23-men national squad for the

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finals in Germany. At this tournament, he received a

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for two bookable offences in his team's second group-stage match against

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. He was the fourth player to see red in the tournament and the first Polish player to be sent off in the World Cup. Sobolewski retired from international football on 20 November 2007, shocking Polish football fans by doing so as it was just three days after Poland's 2–0 win over

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which ensured their passage to

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International goals

Coaching career

After retiring in the summer 2016, Sobolewski became assistant manager of his former club

. During his period at the club, which lasted until August 2019, Sobolewski was appointed joint-caretaker manager alongside the club's second assistant manager,

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, three times: The first time on 10 November 2016, when

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was fired until

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was appointed on 5 January 2017. The second time on 10 December 2017, where

was fired again, for the rest of 2017 before Joan Carrillo was appointed manager. And the last and third time on 12 June 2018, where Carrillo was fired again, this time it lasted for only one week before a new manager was appointed. On 7 August 2019, he was appointed manager of

. On 12 April 2021, he was fired from

. On 14 February 2022, Sobolewski was appointed assistant manager at

after

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became their head coach. On 3 October 2022, following Brzęczek's dismissal, he became Wisła's new head coach. On 1 December 2023, following a 3–1

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defeat against

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, Sobolewski resigned from his post during the post-match press conference, and he left the club the following day.

Statistics

Managerial statistics

Record

Honours

Player

Wisła Płock *

: 1998–99 Dyskobolia *

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: 2004–05 Wisła Kraków *

: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09,

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Individual *Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2005 *Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2009

Manager

Individual * Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: September 2019, October 2019

References

External links

*
National team stats on pzpn.pl

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