Radosław Sobolewski
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Radosław Sobolewski | |
| Date of birth | December 13, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Białystok, Poland | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| 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 Wisła Kraków |
38 (7) 39 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003-2007 | Poland | 32 (1) |
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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).
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.
Radosław Sobolewski retired from international football on Tuesday 20 November 2007, shocking Polish football fans by doing so as it was just three days after Poland's 2:0 win over Belgium which ensured their passage to EURO 2008.
[edit] External links
- Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
- National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)
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