Rafał Grzyb

Rafał Grzyb
Rafał Grzyb with Polonia Bytom
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Jędrzejów, Poland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Jagiellonia Białystok (assistant)
Youth career
Wierna Małogoszcz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 Wierna Małogoszcz
2006Górnik Łęczna (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2007Polonia Bytom (loan) 33 (1)
2007–2010 Polonia Bytom 87 (4)
2010–2018 Jagiellonia Białystok 262 (6)
Managerial career
2019– Jagiellonia Białystok (assistant)
2019 Jagiellonia Białystok (caretaker)
2021 Jagiellonia Białystok (caretaker)
2023 Jagiellonia Białystok II (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafał Grzyb (born 16 January 1983 in Jędrzejów) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok. He is also the councilor of the city of Białystok from the Civic Coalition committee.

Club career

He is a home-grown of Wierna Małogoszcz. In January 2011, he moved from Polonia Bytom to Jagiellonia Białystok on two and a half contract.[1] In the latter team, he finished his career after the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa autumn round.

Managerial career

On 8 December 2019, he was appointed as the interim manager of Jagiellonia Białystok after Ireneusz Mamrot.[2]

On 17 March 2021, he was appointed as the manager of Jagiellonia Białystok after Bogdan Zając.[3] Despite his initial temporary presence, he has been working in this position for several months. On June 4 he was replaced by Ireneusz Mamrot.[4]

Politics

In the 2018 Polish local elections, he ran for the councilor of the city of Białystok from the Civic Coalition committee. He received 755 votes and, according to the calculations of the National Electoral Commission, it was not enough to get a seat. However, thanks to resignation from the mandate of councilor Tadeusz Truskolaski, Grzyb took his place in the newly appointed city council.[5]

Honours

Player

Jagiellonia Białystok

References

  1. ^ Rafał Grzyb w Jagiellonii 1.01.2010, igol.pl
  2. ^ Rafał Grzyb trenerem Jagiellonii. 90minut. 8 December 2019.
  3. ^ Rafał Grzyb trenerem Jagiellonii. 90minut. 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Ireneusz Mamrot trenerem Jagiellonii" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ^ Wybory samorządowe 2018. Rafał Grzyb z Jagiellonii Białystok został radnym. Bramkarz Bytovii przegrał walkę o fotel burmistrza