Czech Republic pick Karel Jarolim to coach national team

The Czech Republic have hired Karel Jarolim as their new coach to help steer them through the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, the country’s FA said on Friday July 15,2016

Karel Jarolim(59)was a Czechoslovakia international and played for three years at Rouen in France in the late 1980s.

Karel Jarolim has had two decades of coaching experience mostly with Czech and Slovak clubs as well as teams in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, winning several trophies. He joins the national team from Czech top division team Mlada Boleslav.

Karel Jarolim replaces Pavel Vrba who left to join Russia’s Anzhi Makhachkala after the Czech Repoublic finished bottom of Group D with one point form three matches at Euro 2016.