Pavel Kucherov (russian: Павел Владимирович Кучеров; born 18 August 1964) is a Russian former

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. Kucherov was an assistant coach at Dinamo Minsk and later a scout at Arsenal F.C.

Career

Born in August 1964 within

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

in what is now

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, Kucherov started his playing days at 11 years old with side Iskra Smolensk. After eight years there he journeyed to club Skif Smolensk in 1981 where he began his professional career. Then he moved to Temp Orsha, stayed there from 1982-1985. He ended up having a spell at

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and ended his career at Divizion Smolensk 1989 at the age of 25. Kucherov is of Dutch citizenry as he had a lengthy spell coaching at

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side

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He also coached at club FC Karpaty of

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