Kazimierz_Sokołowski_(footballer)

Kazimierz Sokołowski (footballer)

Kazimierz Sokołowski (footballer)

Polish footballer

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

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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] Settling in Asker, his son Tomasz Sokolowski was capped for Norway.

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, he also became player developer in another NTG cooperation club, Lyn.[8]

In January 2005, he became caretaker manager of Lyn, after Espen Olafsen survived and lost his family in the 2004 Thailand tsunami.[9] In April 2005, Henning Berg was hired as 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 assistant until joining Vålerenga as player developed 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 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] later in Videoton, Stabæk, Omonia, Pafos and currently AIK. In between Videoton and Stabæk, Sokołowski had a spell in Kongsvinger without Berg.[1]

References

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    Kazimierz Sokołowski at WorldFootball.net
  2. [2]
    Kazimierz Sokołowski at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. [3]
    Kazimierz Sokołowski at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. [4]
    "Skeid vil ha Askers spillende trener" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 21 September 1995.
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    Halvorsen, Stein (17 August 1999). "Asker på tabelltoppen i 2. divisjon: Gutta ut av skyggen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian).
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    Hanssen, Anders Mo (3 December 2001). "Kaz blir dametrener". Nordlys (in Norwegian).
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    "Markovski skal trene Askers kvinnelag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 November 2003.
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    Sollie, Reidar (23 September 2004). "Får vokse med Lyn-suksess". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian).
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    Sollie, Reidar (7 January 2005). "Sokolowski trenervikar i Lyn". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian).
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    "Henning Berg ny trener i Lyn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2005.
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    "Rosenborg-juniorene banket Lyn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 1 October 2005.
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    "Sokolowski til Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 December 2005.
  13. [13]
    "Todesen fikk én million kroner i sluttpakke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 May 2008.
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    "Kaz Sokolowski slutter i Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 5 January 2009.
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    Svegaarden, Knut Espen (16 March 2010). "Ga æren til "Soko"". VG (in Norwegian).
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    Karlsen, Tor Kise (14 June 2013). "Sokolowski til Brann". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian).
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    "Berg styrker trenerteamet i Legia Warszawa" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 January 2014.
  18. [18]
    Horn, Jøran (6 October 2015). "- Galskapen råder i polsk fotball". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian).
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