Radosław Sobolewski
Radosław Sobolewski (Polish pronunciation: [raˈdɔswaf sɔbɔˈlɛfskʲi]; born 13 December 1976) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and a football manager. He played for the Poland national team. He is currently the head coach of I liga club Wisła Kraków.
 Sobolewski captaining Wisła Kraków in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Radosław Sobolewski[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Białystok, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wisła Kraków (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 98 | (17) |
| 1998–2002 | Wisła Płock | 110 | (12) |
| 2003–2004 | Dyskobolia Grodzisk | 38 | (7) |
| 2005–2013 | Wisła Kraków | 186 | (14) |
| 2013–2016 | Górnik Zabrze | 80 | (10) |
| Total | 512 | (60) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2007 | Poland | 32 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Wisła Kraków (caretaker) | ||
| 2017 | Wisła Kraków (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Wisła Płock | ||
| 2022– | Wisła Kraków | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in Białystok, Sobolewski started his career playing for Jagiellonia Białystok. In 1998, he was transferred to Wisła Płock, 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. In January 2003 he joined Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he stayed until December 2004. Since then he has played for Wisła Kraków, helping the team to achieve the Ekstraklasa titles in 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons.[2]
During the 2005–06 winter transfer period, he was approached by Southampton FC. However, the offer made by the English club was turned down by Wisła Kraków's board.[3]
International career
Sobolewski was selected to the 23-men national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. At this tournament, he received a red card for two bookable offences in his team's second group-stage match against Germany. He was the fourth player to see red in the tournament and the first Polish player to be sent off in the World Cup.
Radosław Sobolewski retired from international football on Tuesday 20 November 2007, shocking Polish football fans by doing so as it was just three days after Poland's 2–0 win over Belgium which ensured their passage to Euro 2008.
Coaching career
After retiring in the summer 2016, Sobolewski became assistant manager of his former club Wisła Kraków.[4] During his period at the club, which lasted until August 2019, Sobolewski was appointed joint-caretaker manager alongside the club's second assistant manager, Kazimierz Kmiecik, three times: The first time on 10 November 2016, when Dariusz Wdowczyk was fired until Kiko Ramírez was appointed on 5 January 2017.[5] The second time on 10 December 2017, where Kiko Ramírez was fired again, for the rest of 2017 before Joan Carrillo was appointed manager.[6] 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.[7]
On 7 August 2019, he was appointed manager of Wisła Płock.[8]
On 12 April 2021, he was fired from Wisła Płock.
On 14 February 2022, Sobolewski was appointed assistant manager at Wisła Kraków after Jerzy Brzęczek became their head coach.[9]
On 3 October 2022, following Brzęczek's dismissal, he became Wisła's new head coach.[10]
Statistics
- As of 22 May 2016.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic League | Domestic Cups | European Cups | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 1994–1995 | I Liga | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 33 | 3 | |
| 1995–1996 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| 1996–1997 | II Liga | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 4 | ||
| 1997–1998 | 16 | 9 | – | – | 16 | 9 | ||||
| Wisła Płock | 1997–98 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1998–1999 | I Liga | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 28 | 2 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2000–01 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | – | 30 | 6 | |||
| 2001–2002 | I Liga | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | 19 | 3 | ||
| Dyskobolia | 2002–03 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 3 | – | – | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Wisła Kraków | 2004–05 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |
| 2005–06 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2008–09 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2009–10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 24 | 2 | |||
| Górnik Zabrze | 2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 37 | 8 | |
| 2014–15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| Total | Jagiellonia Białystok | 98 | 17 | 3 | 0 | – | 101 | 17 | ||
| Wisła Płock | 110 | 12 | 18 | 1 | – | 128 | 13 | |||
| Dyskobolia | 38 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 7 | ||
| Wisła Kraków | 186 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 246 | 17 | ||
| Górnik Zabrze | 80 | 10 | 4 | 1 | – | 84 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 512 | 60 | 62 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 607 | 65 | ||
Managerial statistics
Record
- As of 20 October 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
 Wisła Kraków (caretaker[11]) |
11 November 2016 | 5 January 2017 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 33.33 |
| Wisła Kraków (caretaker[12]) |
10 December 2017 | 31 December 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 50.00 |
| Wisła Płock |
5 August 2019 | 12 April 2021 | 62 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 74 | 86 | −12 | 35.48 |
| Wisła Kraków |
3 October 2022 | Present | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 78 | 48 | +30 | 50.00 |
| Total | 108 | 44 | 28 | 36 | 170 | 150 | +20 | 40.74 | ||
Honours
Player
Wisła Płock
- I liga: 1998–99
Dyskobolia
- Polish Cup: 2004–05
Wisła Kraków
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2005
- Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2009
References
- "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- "Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Anglia nie dla "Baszcza" i "Sobola"" (in Polish). wislakrakow.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- Radosław Sobolewski. Oto trener ze szkoły Nawałki, dziennikpolski24.pl, 17 November 2016
- Lotto Ekstraklasa: Dariusz Wdowczyk nie jest już trenerem Wisły Kraków, sport.dziennik.pl, 10 November 2016
- Trener Wisły Kraków zwolniony. Jest kandydat na objęcie posady!, polsatsport.pl, 10 December 2017
- Wisła Kraków. Joan Carrillo odchodzi z zespołu „Białej Gwiazdy”!, gazetakrakowska.pl, 12 June 2018
- USTA MILCZĄ, DUSZA ŚPIEWA, przegladsportowy.pl, 7 August 2019
- "Sztab szkoleniowy Wisły Kraków skompletowany" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 14 February 2022.
- "Radosław Sobolewski trenerem Wisły". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 3 October 2022.
- With Kazimierz Kmiecik. In the protocol Kmiecik was the first coach, Sobolewski was assistant.
- With Kazimierz Kmiecik. In the protocol Sobolewski was the first coach, Kmiecik was assistant.
- "Trener Września 2019: Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Trener Października: Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
External links
- Radosław Sobolewski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- National team stats on pzpn.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile on FIFA.com
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