Andrzej Kubica (born July 7, 1972) is a former

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player. He played in Poland,

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, Israel and

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and retired in 2007.

Club career

Kubica played for

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in the French

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. He was the top scorer of the

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in 1999 and then moved to Japan in 2000 to score 11 goals to help

Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

get back to the

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Club statistics

Honours

Club

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

: 1994–95 *

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runner-up: 1995

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

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Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

: 1998–99 *

runner-up: 1998–99, 2003–04

Individual

*Top scorer

: 1998–99 (21 goals)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubica, Andrzej 1972 births Living people Polish men's footballers Zagłębie Sosnowiec players SK Rapid Wien players FK Austria Wien players Legia Warsaw players K.S.V. Waregem players Standard Liège players OGC Nice players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Urawa Red Diamonds players Oita Trinita players F.C. Ashdod players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players GKS Górnik Łęczna players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players J2 League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Polish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Polish expatriate sportspeople in Japan People from Będzin Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship Men's association football forwards