Bartosz Grzelak

Bartosz Grzelak
Personal information
Full name Bartosz Piotr Grzelak
Date of birth (1978-11-02) 2 November 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Szczecin, Poland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Újpest FC (manager)
Youth career
1983–1991 Vasalund
1992–1993 Brommapojkarna
1996 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Brommapojkarna
1997 AIK 1 (0)
1998–2004 Vallentuna
2005–2006 Nybergsund
2007 Frej
2007 Valsta Syrianska
2008–2011 Frej 73 (12)
International career
1996 Sweden U19 7 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2011 Frej (assistant)
2012–2017 Frej
2017–2018 AIK (assistant)
2019–2020 Sweden U21 (assistant)
2020–2022 AIK
2023–2024 Fehérvár
2024– Újpest FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bartosz Piotr Grzelak (born 2 November 1978) is a Swedish football manager who currently serves as the head coach of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Újpest FC. He is also a former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Grzelak made his sole Allsvenskan appearance for AIK on 26 October 1997 in a 1997 Allsvenskan game against Malmö FF when he replaced Johan Mjällby in the last couple of minutes of the game.[1] He was also a Sweden U19 international, appearing in seven games in 1996.[2]

Managerial career

In 2009 Grzelak became playing assistant manager for IK Frej. He became head coach for the club in 2012.

In June 2017 he joined as assistant manager to Rikard Norling in Allsvenskan side AIK.

In December 2018 he was appointed as assistant manager to the Sweden national under-21 football team.[3]

In July 2020 he was appointed as AIK's new head coach,[4] following the dismissal of Norling.

In August 2022, Grzelak was dismissed as the head coach of AIK after a string of poor performances in August, including a 3-0 defeat against 1. FC Slovácko in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round, as well as a 1-0 defeat against Kalmar FF and a 2-2 draw against IFK Värnamo in Allsvenskan.[5]

Fehérvár

In March 2023, Grzelak became the head coach of the Hungarian side Fehérvár.[6][7][8]

Újpest

On 14 June 2024 he was appointed as the manager of Újpest FC. He debuted with a 2-1 defeat against Puskás Akadémia FC in the first round of the 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion.[9]

Personal life

Grzelak was born in Szczecin, Polish People's Republic, to Polish parents before moving to Sweden at the age of four.[1]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024
Team Nation From To Record
G1 W D L Win %
IK Frej Sweden 1 January 2012 25 June 2017 167 65 43 59 038.92
AIK Sweden 31 July 2020 18 August 2022 80 41 18 21 051.25
Fehérvár Hungary 1 March 2023 Present 39 17 9 13 043.59
Total 287 123 71 93 042.86

1 Only competitive matches are counted.

References

  1. ^ a b "500 AIK:are - Bartosz Grzelak". www.aik.se. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Bartosz Grzelak - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Bartosz Grzelak assisterar Roland Nilsson" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Bartosz Grzelak ny chefstränare i AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Förändringar i herrlagets ledarstab" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. ^ nemzetisport.hu (2023). "Fehérvár: megvan az egyezség Bartosz Grzelakkal, éjjel érkezik Magy". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. ^ nemzetisport.hu (2023). "NB I: megvan a Fehérvár új vezetőedzője - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Bartosz Grzelak a Vidi új vezetőedzője!". www.molfehervarfc.hu. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Öt percen belül három gól – nyert a Puskás Akadémia az Újpest otthonában". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.