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{{Short description|Belarusian footballer (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pyotr Kachuro
| image = Пётр Качуро.jpg
| fullname = Pyotr Petrovich Kachuro
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Orsha]], [[Belarusian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1989–1990
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| years1 = 1990–1991
| clubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1992–1993
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo-93 Minsk|Dinamo-93 Minsk]]
| caps2 = 61
| goals2 = 28
| years3 = 1994–1996
| clubs3 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| caps3 = 60
| goals3 = 52
| years4 = 1996–2000
| clubs4 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
| caps4 = 95
| goals4 = 19
| years5 = 2000
| clubs5 = [[Chengdu Blades F.C.|Chengdu Wuniu]]
| caps5 = 19
| goals5 = 5
| years6 = 2001–2002
| clubs6 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| caps6 = 29
| goals6 = 16
| years7 = 2002–2005
| clubs7 = [[FC Sokol Saratov|Sokol Saratov]]
| caps7 = 82
| goals7 = 24
| years8 = 2005
| clubs8 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 351
| totalgoals = 144
| nationalyears1 = 1994–2002
| nationalteam1 = [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]]
| nationalcaps1 = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| manageryears1 = 2006
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| manageryears3 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Neman Grodno|Neman Grodno]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2012–2013
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2013–2014
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Bereza-2010|Bereza-2010]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2014
| managerclubs6 = [[Khayr Vahdat FK|Khayr Vahdat]]
| manageryears7 = 2016
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] (assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2017
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Lida|Lida]]
}}

'''Pyotr Petrovich Kachuro''' ({{langx|be|Пётр Пятровіч Качура}}; {{langx|ru|Пётр Петрович Качуро}}; born 2 August 1972) is a Belarusian former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. Starting off with his home town club [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dynamo Minsk]] he went on to have spells at [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] in England and [[Chengdu Blades F.C.|Chengdu Wuniu]] in China before returning to his homeland, playing for Minsk for a second spell and later for [[FC Sokol Saratov|Sokol Saratov]]. Following his retirement he went on to have a spell as manager at Dinamo Minsk in 2006–07. Internationally, he made 29 appearances, scoring five goals for the [[Belarus national football team|Belarus national team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Belarus - Record International Players|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/witr-recintlp.html|access-date=23 September 2008}}</ref>

During his time in England he used an [[Anglicised]] version of his name and was referred to as Petr or Peter Katchouro.

==Club career==
Kachuro started his playing career at his hometown club [[FC Dinamo Minsk]], the most successful team in Belarus having won the [[Belarusian Premier League]] a record seven times since it began in 1992. Kachuro was part of the side which won the Belarusian Premier League in 1995.

In July 1996, [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] signed Kachuro for £650,000. He scored 14 goals in his first season as the Blades finished in fifth place in [[Football League First Division|Division One]] and qualified for the [[Playoffs]]. However, the Blades lost 1–0 to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in the final at [[Wembley]], with a last minute [[David Hopkin]] goal shattering United's promotion dream. Kachuro was awarded for his performances by being given the 1996–97 player of the season award at [[Bramall Lane]].

The following season he made just 16 appearances, due to injuries, as the Blades qualified for the playoffs once again by finishing in sixth place. This time they lost in the semi-finals, with [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] defeating the Blades 3–2 on aggregate, after the Blades had held a 2–1 lead going into the second leg. Kachuro failed to score that season, but made amends in the next season, as he scored six goals in 16 appearances as the Blades failed to qualify for the playoffs by finishing in a disappointing eighth place, nine points from the playoffs. Kachuro missed a large part of the season due to a [[punctured lung]] injury in the 4–0 home defeat to Sunderland.

His final season in England saw him score three goals in 30 appearances as the Blades woeful start condemned them to a 16th-place finish, as [[Neil Warnock]] replaced [[Adrian Heath]] as manager in early December and rescued the Blades from relegation.

In March 2000 Kachuro was transferred to Chinese side [[Chengdu Blades|Chengdu Wuniu]] on a free transfer. He stayed there for one season before re-joining his hometown club Dinamo Minsk in August 2000.

==International career==
Kachuro made his debut for the [[Belarus national football team|Belarus national team]] on 25 May 1994, in a 3–1 loss against [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] in a [[friendly (association football)|friendly]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Belarusian Football Federation|title=Belarus - full list of international matches between 1991 and 2011|url=http://www.bff.by/data/downloads/ALL_GAMES.pdf|access-date=14 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509232506/http://bff.by/data/downloads/ALL_GAMES.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
After Kachuro retired from playing, Kachuro became a football coach. His former club, [[FC Dinamo Minsk]], appointed him in November 2006, but replaced him after the first match of the [[2007 Belarusian Premier League]] season.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|script-title=ru:Александр ХАЦКЕВИЧ: Если хочется обедать, то тренировка была не тяжелой|url=http://www.kp.ru/daily/23885/144343/|language=ru|date=10 April 2007}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kachuro goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Pyotr Kachuro
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 29 July 1995|| [[Žalgiris Stadium]], [[Vilnius]], Lithuania || {{fb|Lithuania}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 1 May 1996|| [[Stadion Miejski (Mielec)|Stadion Miejski]], [[Mielec]], Poland || {{fb|POL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 27 May 1996 || [[City Stadium (Molodechno)|City Stadium]], [[Maladzyechna]], Belarus || {{fb|Azerbaijan}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 7 September 1997 || [[Pittodrie Stadium]], [[Aberdeen]], Scotland || {{fb|Scotland}} || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1998 World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 17 April 2002 || [[Stadion Oláh Gábor Út]], [[Debrecen]], Hungary || {{fb|Hungary}} || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || style="text-align:center"|5–2 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Dinamo Minsk'''
*[[Belarusian Premier League]]: [[1993–94 Belarusian Premier League|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Belarusian Premier League|1994–95]], [[1995 Belarusian Premier League|1995]]
*[[Belarusian Cup]]: [[1993–94 Belarusian Cup|1993–94]]

'''Individual'''
*Belarusian Premier League top scorer: [[1993–94 Belarusian Premier League|1993–94]]
*[[Sheffield United F.C. Player of the Year]]: 1997

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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