Karel Jarolím

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Karel Jarolím
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Čáslav, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1971 TJ Spartak Třemošnice
1971 TJ Spartak Žleby
1971 TJ VCHZ Pardubice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1977 VCHZ Pardubice
1977–1978 Slavia Prague
1978–1979 Dukla Prague
1979–1980 Dukla Tábor
1980–1987 Slavia Prague 215 (48)
1987–1990 Rouen 79 (13)
1990–1991 Amiens 27 (13)
1991–1992 Slavia Prague 28 (4)
1992 Viktoria Žižkov
1993–1994 Švarc Benešov
1994–1995 FC Bohemians Praha 23 (10)
International career
1982–1987 Czechoslovakia 13 (2)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Dukla Příbram
2000–2001 Slavia Prague
2001–2003 Racing Strasbourg (Assistant)
2003–2005 1. FC Slovácko
2005–2010 Slavia Prague
2010 Slavia Prague
2010–2011 Slovan Bratislava
2011–2013 Al-Ahli
2013 Al-Wahda
2014–2016 Mladá Boleslav
2016–2018 Czech Republic
2020–2022 Mladá Boleslav
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karel Jarolím (born 23 August 1956) is a Czech football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a midfielder, making 275 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League.[1] and representing the Czechoslovakia national team internationally.

Career[edit]

Jarolím was the coach of Czech team Slavia Prague. He has been the coach of Slavia three times: In the 2000–01 season, from 2005 to 2010, and for a he returned for a few games in 2010.

He has also been the coach of Al-Ahli (Jeddah) in Saudi Professional League. Al-Ahli were runners-up in 2012 AFC Champions League final. In May 2013, he signed with Al Wahda for a season. He returned to the Czech Republic in January 2014, signing with FK Mladá Boleslav.[2]

On 15 July 2016, Jarolím was hired as manager of Czech Republic national team.[3] He was sacked on 11 September 2018 after a 5–1 defeat against Russia a day earlier, which was then the highest defeat in the history of the Czech Republic national team.[4]

Personal life[edit]

His sons Lukáš and David are also footballers, as well his nephew Marek.

Honours[edit]

As a player[edit]

Dukla Prague

Slavia Prague

  • Intercup: 1986, 1992

Managerial[edit]

Slovácko

Slavia Prague

Slovan Bratislava

Al-Ahli

FK Mladá Boleslav

Individual[edit]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 28 February 2021
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Slavia Prague 13 April 2005 30 March 2010 214 101 60 53 321 217 +104 047.20
Slavia Prague 1 June 2010 29 September 2010 11 3 4 4 11 15 −4 027.27
Slovan Bratislava 13 October 2010 5 August 2011 35 21 11 3 62 26 +36 060.00
Mladá Boleslav 3 January 2014 9 August 2016 101 52 23 26 176 114 +62 051.49
Czech Republic 1 August 2016 18 September 2018 22 10 4 8 35 28 +7 045.45
Mladá Boleslav 8 December 2020 Present 10 1 4 5 11 17 −6 010.00
Career totals 393 188 106 99 616 417 +199 047.84

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. ^ "Boleslav povede Karel Jarolím" (in Czech). denik.cz. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Czech Republic appoint Karel Jarolim as replacement for Pavel Vrba".
  4. ^ "Jarolím u fotbalové reprezentace končí. Přijde Šilhavý, či Lavička?" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 11 September 2018.

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