Rafał Grzyb (born 16 January 1983 in Jędrzejów) is a Polish professional

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and former

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who is the assistant coach of

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club

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish professional football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the 42nd Infantry Regiment Reserve Battalion in Bi ...

. He is also the councilor of the city of

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from the Civic Coalition committee.

Club career

He is a home-grown of Wierna Małogoszcz. In January 2011, he moved from

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on two and a half contract. In the latter team, he finished his career after the

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autumn round.

Managerial career

On 8 December 2019, he was appointed as the interim manager of

after Ireneusz Mamrot. On 17 March 2021, he was appointed as the manager of

after Bogdan Zając. Despite his initial temporary presence, he has been working in this position for several months. On June 4 he was replaced by Ireneusz Mamrot.

Politics

In the

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, he ran for the councilor of the city of Białystok from the Civic Coalition committee. He received 755 votes and, according to the calculations of the National Electoral Commission, it was not enough to get a seat. However, thanks to resignation from the mandate of councilor

Tadeusz Truskolaski Tadeusz Truskolaski (born 10 April 1958) is a Polish economist and politician. A member of the Civic Platform ''(Platforma Obywatelska)'' party, he has been the president (mayor) of the Polish city of Białystok since 5 December 2006, succeeding R ...

, Grzyb took his place in the newly appointed city council.Wybory samorządowe 2018. Rafał Grzyb z Jagiellonii Białystok został radnym. Bramkarz Bytovii przegrał walkę o fotel burmistrza
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Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Jagiellonia Białystok *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2009–10 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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* * 1983 births Living people People from Jędrzejów County Footballers from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Polish men's footballers GKS Górnik Łęczna players Polonia Bytom players Jagiellonia Białystok players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Men's association football midfielders Polish football managers Jagiellonia Białystok managers Ekstraklasa managers 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub