Karel Jarolím

Karel Jarolím

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 (age 68)
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

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 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

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

Honours

As a player

Dukla Prague

• Czechoslovak First League: 1978–79

Slavia Prague

• Intercup: 1986, 1992

Managerial

Slovácko

• Czech Cup runner-Up: 2004–05

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2007–08, 2008–09

Slovan Bratislava

• Slovak Superliga: 2010–11
• Slovak Cup: 2010–11

Al-Ahli

• King Cup of Champions: 2012
• Saudi Professional League runner-up: 2011–12
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2012

FK Mladá Boleslav

• Czech Cup: 2015–16

Individual

• Czech Coach of the Year (Rudolf Vytlačil Award): 2008, 2009
• Czech Coach of the Year: 2008

Managerial statistics

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

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.

External links

• Article in Hattrick magazine (in Czech)
• Karel Jarolím at FAČR (in Czech)