Karel Jarolím

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

Karel Jarolím
Personal information
Full name Karel Jarolím
Date of birth (1956-08-23) 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 FC Rouen 79 (13)
1990–1991 SC Amiens 27 (13)
1991–1992 Slavia Prague 28 (4)
1992 Viktoria Žižkov
1993–1994 Švarc Benešov
1994–1995 FC Bohemians Praha 23 (10)
National team
1982–1987 Czechoslovakia 13 (2)
Teams managed
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– Mladá Boleslav
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Jarolím was the coach of Czech team Slavia Prague. He has been the coach of Slavia three times: In the 2000/2001 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. He is one of the most successful coaches in the Saudi league for the current season. Al-Ahli is the team with the most goals in season 2011–12 and the second team with the least conceding goals. Also, Al-Ahli (Jeddah) were runners-up in 2012 AFC Champions League final. In May 2013, he signed with Al Wahda for renewable 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 football team.[3] He was sacked on 11 September 2018 after a defeat 5:1 with Russia a day earlier, which was then the highest defeat in the history of the Czech Republic national team.[4]

Personal life

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

Honours

As a player
Dukla Prague
Slavia Prague
  • Intercup: 1986, 1992.

Managerial
FC Slovácko
SK Slavia Prague
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Al-Ahli
FK Mladá Boleslav

Individual

Managerial statistics
As of 10 September 2018
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
Career totals 383 187 102 94 605 400 +205 048.83

References
  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. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10502726/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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