Playing position Role Footballer Number 9 Height 1.76 m | Years Team Current team FC Nyva Ternopil Name Oleh Kerchu Position Defender | |
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Full name Oleh Mykolayovych Kerchu Date of birth (1984-07-06) 6 July 1984 (age 31) Place of birth Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Oleh Kerchu (Ukrainian: Олег Миколайович Керчу; born 6 July 1984) is a professional Ukrainian footballer who plays for Bukovyna Chernivtsi.
Playing career
Kerchu began his career in 2001 with Bukovyna Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian First League. In 2006, he signed with FC Desna Chernihiv, and played with FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk in the Ukrainian Second League where won promotion to the first league in 2007. In 2008, he returned to his hometown club Bukovyna, and served as team captain. During his second tenure with Bukovyna he helped the club win the second league title during the 2009/2010 season which secured them a promotion to the first league.
In 2014, he went north of the border to Belarus to sign with FC Naftan Novopolotsk in the Belarusian Premier League. After one season with Naftan he returned to Ukraine to play with Nyva Ternopil where he was appointed the team captain. After a brief stint with Bukovyna he went overseas to Canada to sign with FC Ukraine United in the Canadian Soccer League. In his debut season he appeared in 20 matches and recorded 3 goals, and secured a postseason berth by finishing second in the standings.