Dawid Kucharski

Dawid Kucharski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈda.vʲit ku.ˈxar.skʲi]; born 19 November 1984) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Stilon Gorzów.

Dawid Kucharski
Personal information
Full name Dawid Kucharski
Date of birth (1984-11-19) 19 November 1984
Place of birth Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Stilon Gorzów
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)
2011–2012 Pogoń Szczecin 12 (1)
2012–2013 Okocimski KS Brzesko 14 (2)
2013–2014 Stomil Olsztyn 22 (0)
2017– Stilon Gorzów (0)
National team
2004 Poland U-21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2017

Career

Early career in Poland

Born in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Kucharski began his playing career at Celulozy Kostrzyn. Before the 2002–03 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 2006–07 season. He has played in 97 matches in the Polish Ekstraklasa as well as scoring three 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 a one-year contract.[4]

International career

Kucharski used to be the captain of the Poland U21 national team.

References
  1. Polish defender signs Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Heartsfc.co.uk 5 July 2009
  2. Dundee Utd 2-0 Hearts BBC Sport.co.uk 17 August 2009.
  3. Tynecastle departures Heartsfc.co.uk 26 May 2011.
  4. Dawid Kucharski piłkarzem Pogoni 19 June 2011, 90minut.pl
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