Career
He also can play as a defensive midfielder. He made his senior international debut in 2006 and has since earned 40 caps, representing Ukraine when they co-hosted Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012. Club
Kucher started his career with Youth Academy alumnus "Athlete" Kiev and Arsenal Kyiv, playing 59 times and scoring 5 goals.
He joined Metalurh Donetsk in 2002, spending a season on loan at Football Club Kharkiv during the 2002-2003 season, a season at Armenian side Banants Yerevan during the 2003-2004 season and another spell with Football Club Kharkiv in the 2004-2005 season.
He made 26 appearances for Football Club Kharkiv over his two seasons on loan. He scored 3 goals in 19 appearances for Banants.
Having made 9 appearances for Metalurh, Kucher moved to Metalist Kharkiv during the 2005-2006 season playing 28 matches with his only two goals coming in 5–2 defeat to Chornomorets Odesa. Oleksandr joined Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2006-2007 season.
He made his debut for Shakhtar as a substitute in a 5–0 victory over his former club Metalist.
He scored in a 4–1 victory over Metalurh Donetsk on 9 August 2009. Kucher scored a brace in a 3–1 victory over Dynamo Kyiv on 4 September 2012 in a man of the match performance. International
Kucher made his debut for the Ukrainian national team on 15 August 2006 at the age of 23 years, 9 months and 24 days in a 6–0 friendly victory over Azerbaijan.
He scored his first goal for Ukraine on 11 October 2006 in a 2–0 Euro 2008 qualifying match victory over Scotland.
He was part of Ukraine"s squad as they co-hosted Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012 with Poland, but did not feature in the group stage exit.
