Adam Kokoszka (ˈadam kɔˈkɔʂka, born October 6, 1986 in Andrychów

Andrychów

Andrychów is the largest town in Wadowice County in southern Poland with 22,257 inhabitants as of 2006. It has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. Previously, it was located in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship...

) is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 footballer who plays as a central defender for Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...

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Club career

His debut for Wisła Kraków came on August 4, 2006 against Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia

Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...

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On July 28, 2008 he signed a five-year contract with Empoli

Empoli F.C.

Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...

, using the Webster ruling

Webster ruling

The Webster ruling is a test case in association football law involving Andy Webster, a defender formerly with Heart of Midlothian football club in Edinburgh, Scotland...

 to leave Wisla. Wisla brought the matter to FIFA

FIFA

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 but in October the organization cleared Kokoszka to play for Empoli. He debuted for his new club in a 4-0 win over U.S. Sassuolo Calcio

U.S. Sassuolo Calcio

Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922....

 on October 28.

On January 19, 2011 a half-year loan transfer to Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...

 was announced.

International career

Although he had made only a few appearances for his club, he was noticed by Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker

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 and debuted for the Poland national football team

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

 a short while later, in a friendly away to the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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 on December 6, 2006. In the next friendly match against Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

 he scored his first goal for Poland. He was called up for Euro 2008 and made one appearance, in Poland's final match against Croatia.

Poland goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 February 2007	Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, situated midway between the sea and the mountains. , the city, the largest in the province, had 208,896 inhabitants; it is the fifth largest in Andalusia... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...		4-0	Win	Friendly
2.	2 February 2008	Pafos, Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...		1-0	Win	Friendly

External links

• National team stats on the website of the Polish Football Association
  Polish Football Association
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• Player stats at Transfermarkt.co.uk