Radosław Sobolewski

Radosław Sobolewski (Polish pronunciation: [raˈdɔswaf sɔbɔˈlɛfskʲi]; born 13 December 1976) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the manager of I liga club Odra Opole. He played for the Poland national team.

Radosław Sobolewski
Sobolewski captaining Wisła Kraków in 2012
Personal information
Full name Radosław Sobolewski[1]
Date of birth (1976-12-13) 13 December 1976
Place of birth Białystok, Poland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Odra Opole (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
1994 Poland U18 2 (0)
1996 Poland U18 2 (0)
2004 Poland B 1 (0)
2003–2007 Poland 32 (1)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2017 Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2019–2021 Wisła Płock
2022–2023 Wisła Kraków
2024– Odra Opole
*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. In January 2005, he moved to Wisła Kraków, helping the team win four 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 English side Southampton . However, the offer 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.

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 Belgium which ensured their passage to Euro 2008.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 August 2003Tallinn, Estonia Estonia0–11–2Friendly

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] On 1 December 2023, following a 3–1 league defeat against Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, Sobolewski resigned from his post during the post-match press conference,[11] and he left the club the following day.[12]

On 31 May 2024, Sobolewski returned to management by taking charge of another I liga club Odra Opole, on a two-year deal.[13]

Statistics
As of 22 May 2016.[2]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jagiellonia Białystok 1994–95 I liga 32310—333
1995–96 I liga 27120—291
1996–97 II liga 23400—234
1997–98 II liga 169——169
Total981730—10117
Wisła Płock 1997–98 Ekstraklasa 171——171
1998–99 I liga 26121—282
1999–2000 Ekstraklasa 28160—341
2000–01 Ekstraklasa 25650—306
2001–02 I liga 14350—193
2002–03 II liga 0000—00
Total11012181–12813
Dyskobolia 2002–03 Ekstraklasa 143——143
2003–04 Ekstraklasa 1641040214
2004–05 Ekstraklasa 8050—130
Total3876040487
Wisła Kraków 2004–05 Ekstraklasa 12150–171
2005–06 Ekstraklasa 2732031324
2006–07 Ekstraklasa 1823070282
2007–08 Ekstraklasa 25271—323
2008–09 Ekstraklasa 2835050383
2009–10 Ekstraklasa 2012020241
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 2612040321
2011–12 Ekstraklasa 1100080190
2012–13 Ekstraklasa 19151—242
Total1861431229124617
Górnik Zabrze 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 33741—378
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 30000—300
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 17300—173
Total801041—8411
Career total5126062433160765

Managerial statistics

Record
As of 2 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Wisła Kraków (caretaker[14]) 11 November 2016 5 January 2017 62131313+0033.33
Wisła Kraków (caretaker[15]) 10 December 2017 31 December 2017 210153+2050.00
Wisła Płock 5 August 2019 12 April 2021 622217237486−12035.48
Wisła Kraków 3 October 2022 2 December 2023 442311109759+38052.27
Odra Opole 31 May 2024 Present 000000+0!—
Total 114482937189161+28042.11

Honours

Player

Wisła Płock

Dyskobolia

Wisła Kraków

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2013[16]
  • Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2005
  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2009

Manager

Individual

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  3. "Anglia nie dla "Baszcza" i "Sobola"" (in Polish). wislakrakow.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  4. Radosław Sobolewski. Oto trener ze szkoły Nawałki, dziennikpolski24.pl, 17 November 2016
  5. Lotto Ekstraklasa: Dariusz Wdowczyk nie jest już trenerem Wisły Kraków, sport.dziennik.pl, 10 November 2016
  6. Trener Wisły Kraków zwolniony. Jest kandydat na objęcie posady!, polsatsport.pl, 10 December 2017
  7. Wisła Kraków. Joan Carrillo odchodzi z zespołu „Białej Gwiazdy”!, gazetakrakowska.pl, 12 June 2018
  8. USTA MILCZĄ, DUSZA ŚPIEWA, przegladsportowy.pl, 7 August 2019
  9. "Sztab szkoleniowy Wisły Kraków skompletowany" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 14 February 2022.
  10. "Radosław Sobolewski trenerem Wisły". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 3 October 2022.
  11. "Komunikat klubu" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  12. "Komunikat klubu w sprawie zmian w sztabie szkoleniowym" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  13. "Radosław Sobolewski został nowym trenerem Odry Opole!" (in Polish). Odra Opole. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  14. With Kazimierz Kmiecik. In the protocol, Kmiecik was the listed as the first coach, Sobolewski as the assistant.
  15. With Kazimierz Kmiecik. In the protocol, Sobolewski was listed as the first coach, Kmiecik as the assistant.
  16. "Robert Lewandowski triumfatorem plebiscytu tygodnika "Piłka Nożna"". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  17. "Trener Września 2019: Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  18. "Trener Października: Radosław Sobolewski" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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