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.

Taras Kacharaba
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)
2012Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 18 (0)
2014–2015Hoverla Uzhhorod (loan) 14 (1)
2017Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) 16 (0)
2018–2019Slovan Liberec (loan) 39 (1)
2019–2021 Slovan Liberec 42 (2)
2021Slavia Prague (loan) 24 (1)
2022–2024 Slavia Prague 27 (1)
2024– DAC Dunajská Streda 14 (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022

Club career

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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-a-half-year contract with DAC Dunajská Streda.[2]

International career

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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]

Career statistics

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Club

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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[a] 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[b] 0 22 1
Total 24 1 3 0 7 0 34 1
Slavia Prague 2021–22 Czech First League 7 0 1 0 4[c] 0 12 0
Career total 160 5 16 1 18 1 0 0 184 7
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of 8 June 2022[5]
National team Year Caps Goals
Ukraine 2021 1 0
2022 1 0
Total 2 0

References

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  1. ^ Тарас КАЧАРАБА: «Відмовив Динамо. Мріяв грати за Шахтар» (in Ukrainian). sport.ua. 26 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Kačaraba opouští Slavii, bude hrát na Slovensku". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ Олександр Петраков викликав 23 футболісти на збір напередодні Євро-2014 (in Ukrainian). Official FFU Site. 26 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Czech Republic v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Taras Kacharaba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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