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Taras Kacharaba
Ukrainian footballer
Taras Ivanovych Kacharaba (Ukrainian: Тарас Іванович Качараба; born 7 January 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for DAC Dunajská Streda.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taras Ivanovych Kacharaba | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Zhydachiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | DAC Dunajská Streda | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | UFK Lviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 18 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Hoverla Uzhhorod (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Slovan Liberec (loan) | 39 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Slovan Liberec | 42 | (2) |
| 2021 | → Slavia Prague (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Slavia Prague | 27 | (1) |
| 2024– | DAC Dunajská Streda | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Ukraine U16 | 16 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Ukraine U17 | 20 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Ukraine U18 | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Ukraine U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | Ukraine U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2016 | Ukraine U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2021– | Ukraine | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022 | |||
Kacharaba was born in Zhydachiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. He is a product of the UFK Lviv youth sportive school and signed a contract with FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2012.[1]
On 7 February 2024, Kacharaba signed a two-and-half-year contract with DAC Dunajská Streda.[2]
He was called up to play for the 23-man squad of the Ukraine national under-19 football team by trainer Oleksandr Petrakov in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in July 2014.[3]
He made his Ukraine national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 away draw.[4]
Club
- As of 5 June 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Second League | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | Ukrainian Second League | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Hoverla Uzhhorod (loan) | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Slovan Liberec (loan) | 2017–18 | Czech First League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Czech First League | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 44 | 2 | ||||
| Slovan Liberec | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Czech First League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 17 | 3 | ||
| Total | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 53 | 3 | |||
| Slavia Prague (loan) | 2020–21 | Czech First League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Czech First League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| Slavia Prague | 2021–22 | Czech First League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Career total | 160 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 7 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of 8 June 2022[5]
| National team | Year | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
- Тарас КАЧАРАБА: «Відмовив Динамо. Мріяв грати за Шахтар» (in Ukrainian). sport.ua. 26 July 2014.
- "Kačaraba opouští Slavii, bude hrát na Slovensku". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 7 February 2024.
- Олександр Петраков викликав 23 футболісти на збір напередодні Євро-2014 (in Ukrainian). Official FFU Site. 26 July 2014.
- "Czech Republic v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 8 September 2021.
- "Taras Kacharaba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- Taras Kacharaba at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Taras Kacharaba at Fortunaliga.cz
- Taras Kacharaba at Soccerway
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