Dawid Kucharski is a Polish professional footballer who currently plays as a defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 for Pogoń Szczecin

Pogon Szczecin

MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, Poland. The club was founded by Poles from Lwów , who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń...

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Early career in Poland

Kucharski began his playing career at Celulozy Kostrzyn. Before the 2002/2003 season, he moved to Amica Wronki

Amica Wronki

Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland.The history of SSA Amica Sport goes back to 1992 when the Amica company wanted to sponsor a football team in the town of Wronki where their factory was located. The company's increasing profits gave the new team tremendous financial...

, where he debuted in the Ekstraklasa for Szczakowianka Jaworzno

Szczakowianka Jaworzno

Garbarnia Szczakowianka Jaworzno is a Polish football club based in Jaworzno, Poland. The club is currently playing in the Polish 3rd league- Current squad :- 2003/2004 season :...

 on 5 October 2002. He joined Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...

 at the beginning of the 2006/2007 season. He has played in 97 matches in the Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 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

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

 due to injury.

Moving abroad to Hearts

Kucharski signed for Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

 side Hearts

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...

 on 5 July 2009. He made his debut on the opening day of the season in a 2-0 defeat to Dundee United

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

 at Tannadice. 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.

International career

Kucharski used to be the captain of the Poland U21

Poland national under-21 football team

The Poland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association....

 national team

External links

• Profile at Transfermarkt