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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.
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.[citation needed]
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.[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]
His sons Lukáš and David are also footballers, as well his nephew Marek.[citation needed]
| 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 | ||
