Radosław Sobolewski

Radosław Sobolewski
	Sobolewski captaining Wisła Kraków in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Radosław Sobolewski
Date of birth	13 December 1976 (age 47)
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
1994–1997	Jagiellonia Białystok
1998–2002	Wisła Płock
2003–2004	Dyskobolia Grodzisk
2005–2013	Wisła Kraków
2013–2016	Górnik Zabrze
Total
International career
1994	Poland U18
1996	Poland U18
2004	Poland B
2003–2007	Poland
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

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.

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

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

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
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jagiellonia Białystok	1994–95	I liga	32	3	1	0	—		33	3
	1995–96	I liga	27	1	2	0	—		29	1
	1996–97	II liga	23	4	0	0	—		23	4
	1997–98	II liga	16	9	—		—		16	9
	Total		98	17	3	0	—		101	17
Wisła Płock	1997–98	Ekstraklasa	17	1	—		—		17	1
	1998–99	I liga	26	1	2	1	—		28	2
	1999–2000	Ekstraklasa	28	1	6	0	—		34	1
	2000–01	Ekstraklasa	25	6	5	0	—		30	6
	2001–02	I liga	14	3	5	0	—		19	3
	2002–03	II liga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		110	12	18	1	–		128	13
Dyskobolia	2002–03	Ekstraklasa	14	3	—		—		14	3
	2003–04	Ekstraklasa	16	4	1	0	4	0	21	4
	2004–05	Ekstraklasa	8	0	5	0	—		13	0
	Total		38	7	6	0	4	0	48	7
Wisła Kraków	2004–05	Ekstraklasa	12	1	5	0	–		17	1
	2005–06	Ekstraklasa	27	3	2	0	3	1	32	4
	2006–07	Ekstraklasa	18	2	3	0	7	0	28	2
	2007–08	Ekstraklasa	25	2	7	1	—		32	3
	2008–09	Ekstraklasa	28	3	5	0	5	0	38	3
	2009–10	Ekstraklasa	20	1	2	0	2	0	24	1
	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	26	1	2	0	4	0	32	1
	2011–12	Ekstraklasa	11	0	0	0	8	0	19	0
	2012–13	Ekstraklasa	19	1	5	1	—		24	2
	Total		186	14	31	2	29	1	246	17
Górnik Zabrze	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	33	7	4	1	—		37	8
	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	30	0	0	0	—		30	0
	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	17	3	0	0	—		17	3
	Total		80	10	4	1	—		84	11
Career total			512	60	62	4	33	1	607	65

Managerial statistics

Record

As of 2 December 2023^[update]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Wisła Kraków (caretaker^[14])	11 November 2016	5 January 2017	6	2	1	3	13	13	+0	033.33
Wisła Kraków (caretaker^[15])	10 December 2017	31 December 2017	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	050.00
Wisła Płock	5 August 2019	12 April 2021	62	22	17	23	74	86	−12	035.48
Wisła Kraków	3 October 2022	2 December 2023	44	23	11	10	97	59	+38	052.27
Odra Opole	31 May 2024	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total			114	48	29	37	189	161	+28	042.11