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Szymon Grabowski
Personal information
Full name Szymon Grabowski
Date of birth (1981-04-08) 8 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Rzeszów, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Resovia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Resovia 14 (0)
2000 → Błękitni Ropczyce (loan)
2002 → Izolator Boguchwała (loan)
2002–2003 Strug Tyczyn
2004 Resovia 28 (11)
2005 Strug Tyczyn
2006–2009 Resovia 84 (10)
2009 MKS Kańczuga
2010–2013 Wisłok Strzyżów
2014–2015 LKS Przybyszówka
2016 Wisłok Strzyżów
Managerial career
2010–2013 Wisłok Strzyżów (player-manager)
2017–2020 Resovia
2020 Resovia
2021–2022 Podhale Nowy Targ
2022–2023 Stomil Olsztyn
2023–2024 Lechia Gdańsk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Szymon Grabowski (born 8 April 1981) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the manager of Ekstraklasa club Lechia Gdańsk.

Playing career

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Born in Rzeszów, Grabowski began playing football for the youth teams of his local team Resovia Rzeszów. He broke into the first team in 1998, and made his first team debut on the 8 August 1998, in a 2–0 home win against Dynovia Dynów.[1] During his playing career Grabowski played in the lower divisions of Polish football, never managing to break into the fully professional leagues. During his first spell with Resovia he went out on loan to Błękitni Ropczyce and Izolator Boguchwała, before making a move to Strug Tyczyn. Grabowski stayed with Strug for 18 months before rejoining Resovia in early 2004. His second stint lasted only 12 months, after which he swapped Resovia for Strug again, before returning to Resovia once again another 12 months later. At that point, Grabowski cemented himself as an important first team player, and over the next three years appeared in most of the team's games, including the 2006–07 season when Resovia won the Subcarpathia group of IV liga, and the 2008–09 season when the team were crowned champions of the Lublin–Subcarpathia group of III liga.

After securing his second promotion with Resovia, Grabowski left the team for a final time. He went on to play for MKS Kańczuga, Wisłok Strzyżów (as a player-manager), LKS Przybyszówka, and finally Wisłok Strzyżów again, before retiring as a player in 2016.

Managerial career

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Grabowski's first taste of management came during his first spell with Wisłok Strzyżów, where he was a player-manager from 2010 to 2013. In 2014 he joined Resovia's coaching staff as an assistant, a role he held until manager Maciej Huzarski was sacked in September 2015. Grabowski's next chance to manage a team came in 2017 when he was the position of manager at Resovia. Grabowski oversaw the club's group win in the 2017–18 season, resulting in promotion to II liga, and helped the club to become a stable third-tier club, and achieving promotion to I liga in 2020. However, following a poor start to the 2020–21 season, he was dismissed on 1 October 2020 via an e-mail after an away loss to Odra Opole,[2][3] before being reinstated the following day.[4] He was ultimately removed from his position on 25 November.[5]

In July 2021, Grabowski joined III liga Podhale Nowy Targ.[6] Despite not managing to achieve promotion, Grabowski received praise for leading Podhale to a fifth-place finish, which saw him being offered an opportunity to manage II liga club Stomil Olsztyn.[7] Grabowski's influence on a team once again proved to be positive as Stomil reached the 2022–23 play-off final. Grabowski's team just missed out on promotion however as they lost the final and the final promotion place to Motor Lublin on penalties. Despite once again failing to achieve promotion, Grabowski's positive impact over the Stomil team attracted attention from teams in higher divisions.

In June 2023, recently relegated Lechia Gdańsk appointed Grabowski as manager after buying out his contract.[8] Lechia earned promotion back to Ekstraklasa on their first attempt, after a 4–3 win over Wisła Kraków on 11 May 2024.[9] Eight days later, they were crowned I liga champions following a 2–1 Tricity Derby victory over Arka Gdynia.[10] On 23 November 2024, Lechia announced in a statement that Grabowski had been suspended from his duties as head coach.[11] Four days later, Grabowski terminated his contract with the club.[12]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 23 November 2024
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Resovia 20 June 2017 1 October 2020 115 54 28 33 175 136 +39 046.96
Resovia 2 October 2020 25 November 2020 7 1 2 4 5 10 −5 014.29
Podhale Nowy Targ 20 June 2021 30 June 2022 34 17 8 9 65 44 +21 050.00
Stomil Olsztyn 30 June 2022 14 June 2023 37 15 15 7 57 41 +16 040.54
Lechia Gdańsk 14 June 2023 23 November 2024 52 23 10 19 82 72 +10 044.23
Total 245 110 63 72 384 303 +81 044.90

Honours

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Player

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Resovia

Manager

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Resovia

Lechia Gdańsk

Individual

  • Polish Union of Footballers' I liga Coach of the Season: 2023–24[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Szymon Grabowski Resovia". resoviacy.pl.
  2. ^ "Szymon Grabowski odszedł z Resovii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Zwolniony e-mailem i zaraz przywrócony. Niezwykła historia Szymona Grabowskiego". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Szymon Grabowski ponownie trenerem Resovii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Zmiana na stanowisku trenera Apklan Resovii Rzeszów. Radosław Mroczkowski zastąpił Szymona Grabowskiego". rzeszow.wyborcza.pl.
  6. ^ "Szymon Grabowski nowym trenerem Podhala Nowy Targ. "Będziemy chcieli się bić o 2. ligę"". gol24.pl.
  7. ^ "Szymon Grabowski nowym trenerem Stomilu Olsztyn!". stomilolsztyn.com. 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Szymon Grabowski nowym trenerem Lechii Gdańsk. Został wykupiony ze Stomilu Olsztyn". gol24.pl.
  9. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk świętuje szósty awans do ekstraklasy. Powitanie drużyny pod stadionem". sport.trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b Ptak, Jakub (19 May 2024). "Lechia górą w derbach! Cieszą się w... Katowicach [WIDEO]". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Szymon Grabowski zawieszony w pełnieniu obowiązków trenera – Lechia Gdańsk" (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Szymon Grabowski odchodzi z Lechii" (in Polish). Lechia Gdańsk. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  13. ^ "III liga 2008/2009, grupa: lubelsko-podkarpacka". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  14. ^ "IV liga 2006/2007, grupa: podkarpacka". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Puchar Polski dla Resovii! Podwójna korona rzeszowian" (in Polish). 20 June 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Puchar Polski 2017/2018, grupa: Podkarpacki ZPN - Rzeszów-Dębica". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Bezkonkurencyjny Rodado! Wyniki plebiscytu #PiłkarzeWybierają 23/24 w 1. lidze" (in Polish). Polish Union of Footballers. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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