Michał Kucharczyk (born 20 March 1991) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a winger or a striker. In 2025, he joined

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as a

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, becoming a part of their

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

coverage team.

Club career

Kucharczyk was born in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

. He began his career at

Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki () is a Polish football club based in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship, currently competing in group I of the III liga, the fourth tier of Polish football. History This team competed in Ekstraklasa in th ...

and played in the

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(fourth tier) of Polish football for two seasons. In 2009, he was signed by

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 a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

and immediately loaned back to Świt to play in the

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

(third tier). At the start of the 2010–11 season, he returned to Legia. He scored his first

goal in a match against

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on 24 September 2010. On 22 July 2019, he signed with

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club

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. On 6 August 2020 Kucharczyk signed a three-year contract with

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as a free player. On 14 July 2023, he signed with Uzbek club Pakhtakor, contracted until the end of 2024. On 24 November 2023, a game before the end of the

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, alongside compatriot Przemysław Banaszak, he secured the national championship. On 7 February 2024, he joined

club

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, signing a contract until 30 June 2025.

International career

Kucharczyk debuted for the national team of Poland on 6 February 2011 in a

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against

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kucharczyk goal.''

Honours

Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki *

III liga, group A III liga, group A was one of 8 groups of III liga, the fourth level of the Polish football league system. The group was created in the 2008–09 season and existed until the end of the 2015–16 season. The teams from Łódź and Masovian voivodesh ...

: 2008–09 Legia Warsaw *

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, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, 2011–12,

, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 Pakhtakor *

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Legia Warsaw II * Polish Cup (Masovia regionals): 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kucharczyk, Michal 1991 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Pogoń Szczecin players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Ekstraklasa players II liga players III liga players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian Premier League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Polish expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan 21st-century Polish sportsmen