Dariusz Jan Kubicki (born 6 June 1963) is a Polish football manager and a former player.

Playing career

He played for a few clubs, including

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, Legia Warsaw, he then went to England and played for Aston Villa, Sunderland,

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, Carlisle United and Darlington. He played little part in the Aston Villa teams which came second in the 1993

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and won the 1994 Football League Cup, but played a more active part in Sunderland's promotion to the

in 1996. Kubicki was controversially dropped from the team by manager

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for a game against Derby County when selecting Kubicki would have meant him overtaking the club record for consecutive appearances in the post-war period, still held by

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. He played 46 times for the Poland national team, scoring once, and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.Dariusz Kubicki Statistics
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Managerial career

Kubicki later began a coaching career and coached Legia Warsaw and

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. Kubicki became a coach of Polish second division team Lechia Gdańsk in 2007. In October 2007, Kubicki was arrested by the police due to a bribery scandal involving the sale of one of the Warsaw sport centers. Due to this scandal, Kubicki was suspended as coach of Lechia Gdańsk.

Personal life

Dariusz Kubicki is the father of Patryk Kubicki.

Honours

Aston Villa *

runner-up: 1992-93 Sunderland * Football League First Division: 1995–96 Individual * PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1995-96

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