Wojciech Łobodziński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx wɔbɔˈd͡ʑij̃skʲi]; born 20 October 1982) is a Polish football manager and a former player who played as a midfielder, currently in charge of I liga club Arka Gdynia.

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Wojciech Łobodziński

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Arka Gdynia (manager)
Youth career
1992–1999	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	4	(4)
1999	Stomil Olsztyn	1	(0)
2000–2003	Wisła Płock	39	(3)
2003–2007	Zagłębie Lubin	121	(18)
2008–2011	Wisła Kraków	70	(4)
2012	ŁKS Łódź	11	(1)
2012–2019	Miedź Legnica	171	(31)
2019–2020	Miedź Legnica II	23	(5)
International career
1996–1997	Poland U14	7	(1)
1997–1998	Poland U15	11	(4)
1998–1999	Poland U16	23	(4)
1999–2000	Poland U17	10	(0)
2000–2001	Poland U18	11	(4)
2002	Poland U21	2	(0)
2005	Poland B	1	(0)
2006–2009	Poland	23	(2)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Miedź Legnica II (player-assistant)
2020–2021	Miedź Legnica (assistant)
2021	Miedź Legnica II
2021–2022	Miedź Legnica
2023	Wieczysta Kraków
2023–	Arka Gdynia
Medal record Men's football Representing  Poland UEFA Euro U-16 Runner-up 1999 Czech Republic UEFA Euro U-18 Winner 2001 Finland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Łobodziński started playing football with Zawisza Bydgoszcz.^[1] In 1999, he joined Stomil Olsztyn where he made a debut in the Ekstraklasa. Subsequently, Łobodziński moved to Wisła Płock where he played until 2003. Then he played for Zagłębie Lubin and helped the team win Ekstraklasa championship in 2006–07 season. In 2008 Łobodziński moved to Wisła Kraków where he played until 2011, winning the Ekstraklasa title three times. In 2012, he joined another Ekstraklasa outfit, ŁKS Łódź.

He was part of the Polish U-16 team that placed second at the UEFA U-16 Championship in 1999 as well as the U-18 team that won the UEFA U-18 Championship in 2001. On 6 December 2006, he made his debut for the senior side of his country in the 5–2 victory against United Arab Emirates in a friendly match. Łobodziński was selected for the Polish Euro 2008 squad, appearing in all three group stage matches in an eventual group stage exit.

On 11 January 2019 it was announced, that Łobodziński would retire from professional football and instead continue playing for the reserve team of Miedź Legnica where he also was supposed to function as the assistant manager.^[2]