Radosław Sobolewski

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Radosław Sobolewski

Full name	Radosław Sobolewski
Date of birth	December 13, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Białystok, Poland
Height	182 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Wisła Kraków
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1998-2002 2003-2004 2005-2006	Jagiellonia Białystok Wisła Płock Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Wisła Kraków	38 (7) 39 (4)
National team²
2003-	Poland	21 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 20, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 20, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Radosław Sobolewski (born December 13, 1976 in Białystok) is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Wisła Kraków and the Polish national football team. He is 182 cm tall and weighs 79 kg.

He started his career in 1994/95, playing for Jagiellonia Białystok. In 1998 he was transferred to Wisła Płock, where he played for the next four years. Krzysztof Dmoszyński, the club's president and Sobolewski didn't share the same opinion on many topics. That caused Sobolewski to play in the clubs 5th league reserves. Before the 2002/03 season, he joined Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he stayed until early spring 2004. Since then he has played for Wisła Kraków, helping the team to achieve the Orange Ekstraklasa title in 2004/05.

He debuted in the top division on March 7, 1998 playing for Wisła Płock against Raków Częstochowa. Since then he has played in 136 first division games, scoring 18 goals (as of January 1, 2006).

He has made 21 appearances for Poland, scoring once on his debut against Estonia.

During the 2005/06 winter transfer period, he was approached by Southampton FC. However, the £1,000,000 offer made by the English club was turned down by Wisła Kraków's board.

Sobolewski was selected to the 23-men national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. At this tournament, he received a red card for two bookable offences in his team's second group-stage match against Germany. He was the fourth player to see red in the tournament and the first Polish player to be sent off in the World Cup.

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Sobolewski hates the press and has never given an interview.

	Poland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Boruc \| 2 Jop \| 3 Gancarczyk \| 4 Baszczyński \| 5 Kosowski \| 6 Bąk \| 7 Sobolewski \| 8 Krzynówek \| 9 Żurawski \| 10 Szymkowiak \| 11 Rasiak \| 12 Kuszczak \| 13 Mila \| 14 Żewłakow \| 15 Smolarek \| 16 Radomski \| 17 Dudka \| 18 Lewandowski \| 19 Bosacki \| 20 Giza \| 21 Jeleń \| 22 Fabiański \| 23 Brożek \| Coach: Janas