Robert Gucher
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Robert Gucher is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n footballer who plays for Kapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC...

, on loan from Italian club Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

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Biography

Born in Graz
Graz
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, Gucher started his career at hometown club Grazer AK
Grazer AK
Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

. In July 2008, aged 17, he joined Frosinone
Frosinone Calcio
Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B....

 of Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 along with Dieter Elsneg
Dieter Elsneg
Dieter Elsneg is an Austrian footballer who plays for Kapfenberger SV in the Austrian Bundesliga.-References:...

 after his club was expelled from professional football.

He played his league debut on 21 April 2009 as starter against Modena
Modena F.C.
Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team...

, he was replaced by Nunzio Di Roberto in the 60th minutes. In the next season he played 8 starts and 2 substitutes appearances in Serie B.

On 1 February 2010, he was loaned to Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

 while Elsneg joined Genoa's city rival Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...

 earlier in January. He played at their Primavera Under-20 Team.

On 24 June 2010, Genoa signed him in a co-ownership
Co-ownership (football)
Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal, co-currently, Frosinone signed the remain 50% rights of Salvatore Aurelio
Salvatore Aurelio
Salvatore Aurelio is an Italian association football player. He currently plays for Frosinone. A youth product of Genoa C.F.C., he played on loan with Carrarese and Verona ....

 and Diogo Tavares
Diogo Tavares
Diogo Filipe Conceição Tavares is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Calcio Como in Italy, as a forward.-Football career:...

, and the loan of Selim Ben Djemia
Selim Ben Djemia
Selim Ben Djemia is a French born Tunisian footballer who plays for Genoa C.F.C. in Italy.On 23 June 2010, Serie B club Padova decided not to buy him outright, on the next day, he went to Frosinone on loan with option to co-own the player as part of Robert Gucher's deal.-External links:*...

. But Gucher spent the first half of the 2010-11 season at Frosinone, and was loaned to Austrian Bundesliga side Kapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC...

 for 1.5 years on 31 January 2011.

International career

Gucher capped for Austria U17 team at 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification
2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification
UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 is the first round of qualification for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2008. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams will enter the UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 .-Group One:---------------------Group...

 and Austria U19 team at 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
2010 UEFA U-19 Championship was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. The final tournament of the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship is preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round...

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