Dawid Kucharski

Dawid Kucharski
Personal information
Full name Dawid Kucharski
Date of birth (1984-11-19) 19 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Celuloza 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)
2014–2015 Stilon Gorzów 28 (1)
2015 SV Peheim 9 (0)
2016–2018 Piast Karnin
2018 Lubuszanin Drezdenko 14 (1)
2018 Orzeł Międzyrzecz 14 (0)
2019–2021 Polonia Słubice 36 (5)
2021–2022 Zamek Gołańcz 9 (2)
International career
2004 Poland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

Early career in Poland

Born in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Kucharski began his playing career at Celuloza Kostrzyn. Before the 2002–03 season, he moved to Amica Wronki, where he debuted in the Ekstraklasa against Szczakowianka Jaworzno on 5 October 2002. He joined Lech Poznań at the beginning of the 2006–07 season. He helped Lech to a third place in the 2008–09 season and win the 2008–09 Polish Cup, missing out on the final against 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.

Honours

Lech Poznań

Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski

  • Polish Cup (Lubusz regionals): 2014–15[5]

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
  5. ^ "Puchar Polski 2014/2015, grupa: Lubuski ZPN". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.