Dariusz Jan Kubicki (born 6 June 1963) is a Polish professional

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and former

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Playing career

He played for a few clubs, including

Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...

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 ...

, he then went to England and played for

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and

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. He played little part in the Aston Villa teams which came second in their 1992-93 Premier League season and won the 1994

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, but played a more active part in

's promotion to the

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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

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Managerial career

Kubicki later began a coaching career and coached Legia Warsaw and

Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw (, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its Association football, football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, Swimming (sport), swimm ...

. Kubicki became a coach of Polish second division team

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

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

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Player

Legia Warsaw *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 1988–89, 1989–90 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

: 1989 Sunderland *

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: 1995–96 Poland U18 *

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runner-up:

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

Individual *

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: 1995–96 First Division

Manager

Lechia Gdańsk *

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 ...

: 2007–08

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubicki, Dariusz 1963 births Living people People from Kożuchów Footballers from Lubusz Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's international footballers Ekstraklasa players Premier League players English Football League players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Stal Mielec players Legia Warsaw players Aston Villa F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Polish football managers Legia Warsaw managers Polonia Warsaw managers Lechia Gdańsk managers Znicz Pruszków managers Wisła Płock managers Ząbkovia Ząbki managers FC Sibir Novosibirsk managers Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała managers Olimpia Grudziądz managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers Russian First League managers Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Polish expatriate football managers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate football managers in Russia 20th-century Polish sportsmen