Rafał Maciej Kurzawa (; born 29 January 1993) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Bruk-Bet Termalica.

Club career

On 31 January 2019, Kurzawa was loaned out to

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club

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for six months. He returned to

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in the summer 2019, but did not take part in any games for the club, before being loaned out to another Danish club

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on 26 January 2020 for the rest of the season. Returning to Amiens in summer 2020, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 6 October.

International career

Kurzawa debuted in a

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against

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alongside

Tomasz Kędziora Tomasz Karol Kędziora ( ; born 11 June 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club PAOK and the Poland national team Club career Early career At the age of four, Tomasz Karol Kędziora start ...

on 13 November 2017. In June 2018, Kurzawa was named in the Poland national team's final 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

International

Honours

ROW Rybnik * II liga West: 2012–13 Midtjylland *

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: 2018–19 Individual *

Midfielder of the Season: 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurzawa, Rafal 1993 births Living people People from Wieruszów Footballers from Łódź Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Ligue 1 players Danish Superliga players Górnik Zabrze players KS ROW 1964 Rybnik players Amiens SC players FC Midtjylland players Esbjerg fB players Pogoń Szczecin players Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Polish expatriate sportspeople in France 21st-century Polish sportsmen