Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kucher is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. He is a powerful defender who is good in the air and provides good coverage in the back. He also can play as a defensive midfielder.
A Shakhtar player since 2006, he has won honours including four Premier League titles and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He made his senior international debut in 2006 and has since earned 40 caps, representing Ukraine when they co-hosted UEFA Euro 2012.<\/P>","7E5D3E774B9EC62B":"Odessa","4406E48704A97D6900ACBB46602769C2":"0","E0F6EEE10E22199909912E9167EBFDA2":"Chernomorets Odessa","C08EDA0A226BF5BFC211B6FCDAE25C17":"Shevchenko av. 8A Chernomorets stadium UA - 65058 ODESSA","55ED8B411B9B6085":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=STADIUM+ODESSA+UKRAINE&sll=46.47519,30.732928&sspn=0.017023,0.045319&g=ODESSA+UKRAINE&ie=UTF8&ll=46.480384,30.75556&spn=0.004071,0.01133&t=h&z=17","2775A0F6CDE5FA9FEBFF51A9CD3C0BB9":"Dnipro-1,FC Metalist Kharkiv,FC Karpaty Lviv,Kayserispor,FC Shakhtar Donetsk,FC Metalurg Donetsk","C0939111B6B9B2A43FCCB75CD7645021":"Ukraine","E6C7E9F1C9CF42CA43917444E7095BC4":"2025-3-24","D1518711AEB23972F2EDEC88D48D85B0":"
CLUB<\/U><\/STRONG> Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa.
Shakhtar Donetsk<\/STRONG>
Ukrainian Premier League: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ukrainian Cup: 2008, 2011, 2012
Ukrainian Super Cup: 2008, 2010, 2012
UEFA Cup: 2009<\/P>","66B628A331EE3B62":"26.03","7E907563BF179508":"primorie@te.net.ua","2EBB7B469EDB7E39":"Olexandr Kucher","E0A04148ADEEA21E":"http:\/\/www.chernomorets.odessa.ua\/","D94224B0718FDBA6500EEB9BC8E208DC":"1982-10-22","622EB7B4B85B2C76":"","4DFD3563356F21B8":"1","2134628892B06B90":"Chernomorets Odessa","9BA4801895A8DFD49438954196B52718":"Chornomorets Stadium","63D5A09C1F729528628C60E02F0396E1":"DOMESTIC<\/U><\/STRONG>
Ukrainian Premier League<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1995–96
Third place (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2005–06
Ukrainian First League<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (3): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11
Ukrainian Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners (2):<\/STRONG> 1992, 1993–94
Runners-up (1): 2012–13
Ukrainian Super Cup<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (1): 2013
Soviet Top League<\/STRONG>
Third place (1): 1974
Soviet First League
Winners (3):<\/STRONG> 1961, 1973, 1987
Runners-up (1): 1962
Soviet League Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners (1):<\/STRONG> 1990
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as Dynamo, but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 years of foundation on its shield when the club received its current name. Moreover, the club's shield is very similar to the shield of Romanian FC Farul Constanta.
For over 30 years the club was sponsored by the Black Sea Shipping Company (1959-1991). The club was among top 20 Soviet clubs (Soviet Top League).<\/P>","DE0C7E7350A48DF5A65F90F776C48D66":"Dnipro-1","e_index":9};