- Dawid Kucharski
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Dawid Kucharski Personal information Full name Dawid Kucharski Date of birth November 19, 1984 Place of birth Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Pogoń Szczecin Number 33 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2002 Celulozy Kostrzyn 2002–2006 Amica Wronki 61 (2) 2006–2009 Lech Poznań 36 (1) 2009–2011 Heart of Midlothian 14 (0) 2011– Pogoń Szczecin 1 (1) National team Poland U-21 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Dawid Kucharski (born November 19, 1984 in Kostrzyn nad Odrą) is a Polish professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Pogoń Szczecin.
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Career
Early career in Poland
Kucharski began his playing career at Celulozy Kostrzyn. Before the 2002/2003 season, he moved to Amica Wronki, where he debuted in the Ekstraklasa for Szczakowianka Jaworzno on 5 October 2002. He joined Lech Poznań at the beginning of the 2006/2007 season. He has played in 97 matches in the Polish Ekstraklasa as well as scoring 3 goals. He helped Lech Poznań to third place in the 2008-09 Ekstraklasa and the 2009 Polish Cup final but missed out on the 1-0 victory over Ruch Chorzów due to injury.
Moving abroad to Hearts
Kucharski signed for Scottish Premier League side Hearts on 5 July 2009.[1] He made his debut on the opening day of the season in a 2-0 defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice.[2] He made a total of 15 appearances during his first season for the club. Kucharski did not feature at all for Hearts during the 2010-11 season and on 26 May 2011 it was announced that he would not be offered a new contract at Tynecastle and was free to find a new club.[3]
Pogoń Szczecin
In June 2011, he joined Pogoń Szczecin on one year contract.[4]
International career
Kucharski used to be the captain of the Poland U21 national team
References
- ^ Polish defender signs Heartsfc.co.uk 5 July 2009
- ^ Dundee Utd 2-0 Hearts BBC Sport.co.uk 17 August 2009.
- ^ Tynecastle departures Heartsfc.co.uk 26 May 2011.
- ^ Dawid Kucharski piłkarzem Pogoni 19.06.2011, 90minut.pl
External links
- Dawid Kucharski at 90minut.pl (Polish)
- Dawid Kucharski career stats at Soccerbase (English)
- Profile at Transfermarkt (English)
Pogoń Szczecin – current squad 1 Fabiniak · 2 Radler · 3 Matuszczyk · 4 Szałek · 5 Andradina (c) · 6 Pietruszka · 8 Klatt · 9 Frączczak · 10 Petasz · 11 Kolendowicz · 13 Grocholski · 14 Wiśniewski · 15 Djousse · 16 Mandrysz · 17 Rogalski · 18 Wólkiewicz · 19 Noll · 20 Ława · 22 Łuszkiewicz · 24 Sotirović · 25 Hricko · 27 Akahoshi · 28 Lewandowski · 33 Kucharski · 84 Janukiewicz · 90 Kupczanko · Wójcik · Manager: Sasal
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Kostrzyn nad Odrą
- Polish footballers
- Association football defenders
- Lech Poznań players
- Amica Wronki players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Polish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Polish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Polish football defender stubs
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