Karel Jarolím

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. and representing the Czechoslovakia national team internationally.

Career Jarolím has been coach of Slavia Prague three times in the 2000–01 Czech First League and from 2005 to 2010, until he returned for a few matches afterwards.

Jarolím was coach of Jeddah-based Al-Ahli 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.

On 15 July 2016, Jarolím was hired as manager of Czech Republic national team. 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.

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

Honours As a player Dukla Prague: 1978–79 Czechoslovak First League Slavia Prague Intercup: 1986, 1992

Managerial Slovácko: 2004–05 Czech Cup runner-up Slavia Prague: Czech First League: 2007–08, 2008–09 Slovan Bratislava: 2010–11 Slovak Superliga, 2010–11 Slovak Cup Final Al-Ahli: 2012 King Cup of Champions, 2011–12 Saudi Professional League runner-up, 2012 AFC Champions League runner-up FK Mladá Boleslav: 2015–16 Czech Cup

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

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToRecord Slavia Prague 13 April 2005 30 March 2010 Slavia Prague 1 June 2010 29 September 2010 Slovan Bratislava 13 October 2010 5 August 2011 Mladá Boleslav 3 January 2014 9 August 2016 Czech Republic 1 August 2016 18 September 2018 Mladá Boleslav 8 December 2020 PresentCareer totals