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Kazimierz Sokołowski (footballer)

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Kazimierz Sokołowski
Personal information
Full name Kazimierz Stanisław Sokołowski
Date of birth (1963-02-11) 11 February 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Szczecin, Poland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Kongsvinger (player developer)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1990 Pogoń Szczecin 218 (26)
1990–1991 LASK 28 (3)
1992–1994 Tromsø 36 (3)
1995–1997 Asker SK
International career
Poland U18
Poland U20
Poland U21
1985–1986 Poland 2 (0)
Managerial career
1995–2001 Asker
2002 Asker women
2004 Asker women (assistant)
2004 Lyn (player developer)
2005 Lyn (caretaker)
2005 Lyn (junior coach)
2006–2008 Sandefjord (assistant)
2008 Sandefjord (caretaker)
2009–2012 Vålerenga (developer/assistant)
2013 Brann (assistant)
2014–2015 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
2016–2017 Videoton (assistant)
2017–2018 Kongsvinger (assistant)
2018 Kongsvinger
2018–2019 Stabæk (assistant)
2019–2022 Omonia (assistant)
2022–2023 Pafos (assistant)
2023–2024 AIK (assistant)
2025– Kongsvinger (player developer)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Runner-up 1981 West Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazimierz "Kaz" Sokołowski (born 11 February 1963) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who is the current head of player development of Kongsvinger.

Playing career

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He was a squad member for the 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was later capped twice for Poland and upon transferring to Tromsø IL ahead of the 1992 season, he emigrated to Norway.[1][2][3] With Sokołowski settling in Asker, his son Tomasz Sokolowski was capped for Norway.

Managerial career

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As a head coach Sokołowski led Asker to promotion to the 1996 3. divisjon and the 1999 2. divisjon, and lost promotion to the 2000 1. divisjon only in extra time on the last matchday.[4][5]

Asker's women's team played in the first tier, and Sokołowski was co-head coach with Eli Landsem in 2002.[6] He returned in 2004 as assistant coach under Tomi Markovski. Both also worked at the Norwegian School of Elite Sport (NTG).[7] In mid-2004, Sokołowski also became player developer in another of NTG's cooperation clubs, Lyn.[8]

In January 2005, Sokołowski became caretaker manager of Lyn, after Lyn's then-manager Espen Olafsen was struck by the 2004 Thailand tsunami, surviving himself but losing family members.[9] In April 2005, Henning Berg was hired as Lyn manager, and Sokołowski left Lyn since his son Tomasz was a squad member.[10] However, Sokołowski would later work as Henning Berg's assistant in several clubs.

After rounding off 2005 in the coaching staff of Lyn's junior team, who became runners-up in the Norwegian U-20 Cup,[11] he became Sandefjord's assistant under Tor Thodesen ahead of the 2006 season.[12]

Thodesen was sacked in May 2008. After being caretaker manager for a couple of weeks, Sokołowski continued as Sandefjord's assistant until joining Vålerenga as player developer ahead of the 2009 season.[13][14] After suffering a tumor on the adrenal gland, he was hospitalized for an extended time, but returned to work in January 2010 and was especially credited with the development of striker Mohammed Abdellaoue.[15] In the summer of 2013, Sokołowski was tempted to sign for SK Brann as assistant, where his son Tomasz played.[16]

In 2014, Sokołowski started a lengthy tenure as the assistant manager for Henning Berg, first in Legia Warsaw,[17] where the entire Norwegian coaching team was sacked in October 2015,[18] then successively in Videoton, Stabæk, Omonia, Pafos and AIK. In between Videoton and Stabæk, Sokołowski also had a spell in Kongsvinger without Berg.[1] After Henning Berg resigned from AIK in June 2024, Sokołowski continued as assistant under caretaker manager Henok Goitom.[19] Ahead of the 2025 season, however, Sokolowski was announced as the new head of player development in Kongsvinger IL.[20] Expressen conveyed that the move happened for family reasons.[21]

Honours

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Poland U18

References

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  1. ^ a b Kazimierz Sokołowski at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Kazimierz Sokołowski at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Kazimierz Sokołowski at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ "Skeid vil ha Askers spillende trener" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 21 September 1995.
  5. ^ Halvorsen, Stein (17 August 1999). "Asker på tabelltoppen i 2. divisjon: Gutta ut av skyggen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Hanssen, Anders Mo (3 December 2001). "Kaz blir dametrener". Nordlys (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ "Markovski skal trene Askers kvinnelag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 November 2003.
  8. ^ Sollie, Reidar (23 September 2004). "Får vokse med Lyn-suksess". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian).
  9. ^ Sollie, Reidar (7 January 2005). "Sokolowski trenervikar i Lyn". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian).
  10. ^ "Henning Berg ny trener i Lyn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2005.
  11. ^ "Rosenborg-juniorene banket Lyn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 1 October 2005.
  12. ^ "Sokolowski til Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 December 2005.
  13. ^ "Todesen fikk én million kroner i sluttpakke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 May 2008.
  14. ^ "Kaz Sokolowski slutter i Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 5 January 2009.
  15. ^ Svegaarden, Knut Espen (16 March 2010). "Ga æren til "Soko"". VG (in Norwegian).
  16. ^ Karlsen, Tor Kise (14 June 2013). "Sokolowski til Brann". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian).
  17. ^ "Berg styrker trenerteamet i Legia Warszawa" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 January 2014.
  18. ^ Horn, Jøran (6 October 2015). "- Galskapen råder i polsk fotball". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian).
  19. ^ Andréasson, Calle (17 June 2024). "Henok Goitom tar över AIK tillfälligt". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  20. ^ Stormoen, Stein-Erik (17 December 2024). "Sokolowski blir utviklingsansvarlig i KIL: - Et varp" (in Norwegian). Kongsvinger IL. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  21. ^ Andréasson, Calle (20 December 2024). "AIK:s assisterande tränare lämnar av personliga skäl". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Kazimierz Sokołowski". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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