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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 August 1956 | ||
| 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 | |||
Career
editJarolím 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 was 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
editHis sons Lukáš and David are also footballers, as well his nephew Marek.
Honours
editAs a player
editDukla Prague
- Czechoslovak First League: 1978–79
Slavia Prague
- Intercup: 1986, 1992
Managerial
editSlovácko
Slavia Prague
Slovan Bratislava
Al-Ahli
- King Cup of Champions: 2012
- Saudi Professional League runner-up: 2011–12
- AFC Champions League runner-up: 2012
FK Mladá Boleslav
Individual
edit- Czech Coach of the Year (Rudolf Vytlačil Award): 2008, 2009
- Czech Coach of the Year: 2008
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 | 47.20 |
| Slavia Prague | 1 June 2010 | 29 September 2010 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 27.27 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 13 October 2010 | 5 August 2011 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 60.00 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 3 January 2014 | 9 August 2016 | 101 | 52 | 23 | 26 | 176 | 114 | +62 | 51.49 |
| Czech Republic | 1 August 2016 | 18 September 2018 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 45.45 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 8 December 2020 | Present | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 10.00 |
| Career totals | 393 | 188 | 106 | 99 | 616 | 417 | +199 | 47.84 | ||
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Boleslav povede Karel Jarolím" (in Czech). denik.cz. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Czech Republic appoint Karel Jarolim as replacement for Pavel Vrba".
- ^ "Jarolím u fotbalové reprezentace končí. Přijde Šilhavý, či Lavička?" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 11 September 2018.
External links
edit- Article in Hattrick magazine (in Czech)
- Karel Jarolím at FAČR (in Czech)
