Robert Gucher (born 20 February 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Serie B club Pisa.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Pisa | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
Grazer AK | |||
2008–2010 | Frosinone | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2017 | Frosinone | 129 | (7) |
2010 | → Genoa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → SV Kapfenberg (loan) | 21 | (1) |
2017 | Vicenza | 18 | (0) |
2017– | Pisa | 49 | (4) |
National team | |||
2006–2008 | Austria U17 | 9 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Austria U19 | 14 | (2) |
2011 | Austria U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:18, 5 December 2018 (UTC) |
Born in Graz, Gucher started his career at hometown club Grazer AK. In July 2008, aged 17, he joined Frosinone of Serie B along with Dieter Elsneg after his club was expelled from professional football.[1]
He played his league debut on 21 April 2009 as starter against Modena, he was replaced by Nunzio Di Roberto in the 60th minutes.[2] In the next season he played eight starts and two substitutes appearances in Serie B.
On 1 February 2010, he was loaned to Genoa[3] for €200,000,[4] while Elsneg joined Genoa's city rival Sampdoria earlier in January. He played at their Primavera Under-20 Team.
On 24 June 2010, Genoa signed him in a co-ownership deal, for €1.3 million,[4] co-currently, Frosinone signed the remain 50% rights of Salvatore Aurelio (for €800,000[4]) and Diogo Tavares (for €600,000[4]), and the loan of Selim Ben Djemia[5][6] (for €100,000[4][7]) But Gucher spent the first half of the 2010–11 season at Frosinone, and was loaned to Austrian Bundesliga side Kapfenberger SV for 1.5 years on 31 January 2011.[8]
In June 2012, Gucher returned to Frosinone.
Gucher represented Austria at under-17 level before going on to play for the under-19 side at 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the under-20 side at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9]
Gucher got his first call up to the senior Austria squad for a friendly against Switzerland in November 2015.[10]
Pisa S.C. – current squad | |
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