Robert Gucher

Robert Gucher (born 20 February 1991) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B side Pisa.

Robert Gucher
Personal information
Full name Robert Gucher
Date of birth (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:18, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Club career

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 8 starts and 2 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.

International career

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]

References
  1. "TRIS DI ACQUISTI DEL FROSINONE". Frosinone Calcio (in Italian). 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  2. http://www.lega-calcio.it/it/Archivio-Storico/Match-report.page?idmatch=A07FF612-D568-86FD-198F-1BD3E671292E
  3. "MARKET: TAKEN GUCHER, BIAVA GOES". Genoa CFC (in Italian). 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  4. Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2010 (in Italian) CCIAA
  5. "MERCATO, BASHA ALL'ALATALANTA E TROIANIELLO AL SIENA". Frosinone Calcio (in Italian). 25 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  6. "TRAFFICO MOLTO INTENSO SULLA A7" [INTENSE TRAFFIC ON THE A7]. Genoa CFC (in Italian). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  7. €50,000 in 2010 accounts, €50,000 in 2011 accounts)
  8. "Robert Gucher bis Juni 2012 in Kapfenberg". Kapfenberger SV (in German). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  9. Robert Gucher at Soccerway
  10. "Austria vs Switzerland". skysports.com. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
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