Aleksandr Kuchma

Aleksandr Kuchma (* December 9, 1980 written in Taras, Soviet Union, including Aleksandr Kuczma, Russian Александр Кучма ) is a Kazakh football player who also has a German passport. The center-back 's national team of his country.

Club career

The then 18 -year-old central defender was pro in 1998 with his youth club FK Taras and changed in the following season to Kairat Almaty. For the 2000/2001 season Kuchma made ​​the jump to Germany; he moved to FC Rastatt 04, where he remained until 2002. During this time he also asked for a German passport to play with the intention for German national teams. However, he later decided for the Kazakh selection. Subsequently, the Kazakh played until 2004 when the SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, then he moved to first division side FC Pforzheim Association. As he had, however, never managed in Germany to professional, he took after a season in Pforzheim an offer of the Polish second division Ruch Chorzów. In order to be closer to the national team, the defender moved to the 2006/2007 season finally to FK Astana, the Kazakh capital. In 2009 he ran for the Kazakh club Ordabassy Shymkent.

National team career

" Aleks " played so far 37 times for his country (as of November 2008). The defender was part of the squad for the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008. In the Kazakh national Kuchma is now a regular player.

Achievements

• Kazakh champion: 2006