Radosław Sobolewski

Radosław Sobolewski (Polish pronunciation: [raˈdɔswaf sɔbɔˈlɛfskʲi]; born 13 December 1976) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and current manager of Wisła Płock. He represented the Poland national team.

Radosław Sobolewski

Personal information
Full name	Radosław Sobolewski
Date of birth	13 December 1976
Place of birth	Białystok, Poland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Wisła Płock (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)
National team
2003–2007	Poland	32	(1)
Teams managed
2016–2019	Wisła Kraków (assistant)
2016–2017	Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2017	Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2018	Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2019–	Wisła Płock
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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. On 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] The second time on 10 December 2017, where Kiko Ramírez was fired again, for the rest of 2017 before Joan Carrillo was appointed manager.[5] 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.[6]

On 7 August 2019, he was appointed manager of Wisła Płock.[7]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 August 2003	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0–1	1–2	Friendly

Statistics

As of 22 May 2016.[1]

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

Honours

Wisła Płock

• I Liga: 1998–99

Dyskobolia

• Polish Cup: 2004–05

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2005
• Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2009

References

1. "Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
2. "Anglia nie dla "Baszcza" i "Sobola"" (in Polish). wislakrakow.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
3. Radosław Sobolewski. Oto trener ze szkoły Nawałki, dziennikpolski24.pl, 17 November 2016
4. Lotto Ekstraklasa: Dariusz Wdowczyk nie jest już trenerem Wisły Kraków, sport.dziennik.pl, 10 November 2016
5. Trener Wisły Kraków zwolniony. Jest kandydat na objęcie posady!, polsatsport.pl, 10 December 2017
6. Wisła Kraków. Joan Carrillo odchodzi z zespołu „Białej Gwiazdy”!, gazetakrakowska.pl, 12 June 2018
7. USTA MILCZĄ, DUSZA ŚPIEWA, przegladsportowy.pl, 7 August 2019

External links

• Radosław Sobolewski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• National team stats on pzpn.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile on FIFA.com