Robert Franz Gucher (born 20 February 1991) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club Lucchese.

Club career

Born in

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

, Gucher started his career at hometown club

Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

. In July 2008, aged 17, he joined

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

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along with Dieter Elsneg after his club was expelled from professional football. He played his league debut on 21 April 2009 as starter against

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, he was replaced by Nunzio Di Roberto in the 60th minutes. In the next season he played eight starts and two substitutes appearances in Serie B. On 1 February 2010, he was loaned to

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for €200,000, while Elsneg joined Genoa's city rival

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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,Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2010
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(for €800,000) and

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(for €600,000), and the loan of

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(for €100,000) But Gucher spent the first half of the 2010–11 season at Frosinone, and was loaned to

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side Kapfenberger SV for 1.5 years on 31 January 2011. In June 2012, Gucher returned to Frosinone. On 31 January 2023, Gucher signed a two-and-a-half year contract with

Pordenone Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'. ...

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

. On 21 July 2023, Gucher moved to Lucchese on a two-year deal.

International career

Gucher represented Austria at under-17 level before going on to play for the under-19 side at

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and the

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side at the

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. Gucher got his first call up to the senior

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squad for a friendly against

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in November 2015.

References

External links

Profile at AIC.Football.it

Profile at Genoa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gucher, Robert 1991 births Footballers from Graz Living people Austrian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Grazer AK players Frosinone Calcio players Kapfenberger SV players LR Vicenza players Pisa SC players Pordenone Calcio players Lucchese 1905 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Austria men's youth international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy