Michal Kubiak The Best of FIVB Mens WCH 2018

Personal life
Michał Kubiak was born in Wałcz, Poland. He has an older brother Błażej, who is also a volleyball player. He is married to Monika. On February 23, 2014 (Kubiak's 26th birthday) their daughter Pola was born. They also have second child.


Michał Kubiak and Zbigniew Bartman during the match at Spodek in Katowice (World League 2012).

Kubiak, Łukasz Żygadło and Paweł Zagumny during the Poland-USA match in Katowice (World League 2012).
Career
Before his career as an indoor volleyball player, Michał Kubiak played beach volleyball with Zbigniew Bartman. They won a gold medal at the European U-18 Championship in 2004 and a silver medal at the World U-18 Championship, also in 2004. Both Kubiak and Bartman gave up playing beach volleyball.

Clubs
Kubiak made his debut in the Polish volleyball league during the season 2005/2006. He played for three Polish clubs before moving to foreign leagues. In the 2008/2009 season, he played for Israeli club Hapoel Kiryat Ata. His career accelerated after good performances in the B squad of the Polish national team. After that he moved to Italian Serie A2 Volley Padwa. In the 2010/2011 season, he returned to the PlusLiga, specifically to AZS Politechnika Warszawska, where he played with Zbigniew Bartman again. He wanted to leave the Warsaw club in 2011, but the club stated that their contract was still valid and filed a lawsuit.Finally, Kubiak moved to Jastrzębski Węgiel. With this club, he won a silver medal in the World Club Championship 2011. In 2012/2013 season he won a bronze medal in the Polish Championships. In 2013/2014 the club advanced to the Final Four of the Champions League in Ankara and after defeating VC Zenit Kazan won the bronze medal. His team beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in the last matches in the fight for a medal. Jastrzębski Węgiel, including Kubiak, ended the season with a second bronze in the Polish Championships. In July 2014, a year before his contract was due to end, Kubiak requested an early termination. The club agreed, and Kubiak will play for the Turkish club Halkbank Ankara from season 2014/2015. Kubiak agreed with Jastrzębski Węgiel that after the end of the contract in Turkey, he would return to the Polish club. On March 29, 2015 he won the Turkish Cup with his team Halkbank Ankara. In the final match, his team beat Arkas Izmir 3-0 and Kubiak scored 11 points.After one season in Japan with the Panasonic Panthers, he renewed his contract until the end of the 2018/2019 season.

National team
Kubiak was first selected represent the Polish national team by coach Andrea Anastasi in 2011. With the Polish team, he won three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup and two bronzes at World League and European Championship. He was a gold medalist at the World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgary. On August 16, 2014 he was selected to the Polish squad at the World Championship held in Poland.On September 21, 2014 Poland won the title of World Champion 2014. On October 27, 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, the Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding sports achievements and to promote Polish in the world.

In November 2015 he was nominated for Polish Sportspersonality of the Year by the Plebiscite of Przegląd Sportowy.He took 5th place in the list of 2015 Polish Sportspersonality of the Year.

On September 30, 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion. Poland beat Brazil in the finale 3-0 and defended the title from 2014. Kubiak received an individual award for the Best Outside Spiker and he was one of the main player of the team