Andriy Shevchenko
Shevchenko in the 2012 European Football Championship
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, scientific transliteration Andrij Mykolajovyč Ševčenko; Russian Андрей Николаевич Шевченко; born September 29, 1976 in Dwirkiwschtschyna at Jahotyn ) is a former Ukrainian football player who finished his career after the European Championships 2012 at the policy to go. Active he was with Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan and Chelsea.
Association
Dynamo Kiev
Shevchenko comes from the football school of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kiev, in which he played until 1999. In Kiev he was trained by legendary coach Lobanovskyi. Shevchenko completed a study at the Sport University in Kiev.
AC Milan
In 1999, Shevchenko to AC Milan. In the season 2004/ 05 AC Milan refused an offer of 90 million euros from Chelsea for Shevchenko.
In the season 2005/ 06 on matchday 24 of the Serie A, he scored his 165th goal for AC Milan and moved so that in the eternal scorer of the club legend Gianni Rivera past second place in the internal club leaderboard. Shevchenko had risen in his seven years in Milan as Deputy Captain Paolo Maldini and was declared favorite player from Milan owner and President Silvio Berlusconi.
On 23 November 2005 Shevchenko scored in the Champions League match against Fenerbahce four goals. So far this only five other players managed in the history of the Champions League. In the all-time scorers list for the UEFA Champions League, he is with 56 goals from 108 games in third place. Previously, Shevchenko was twice top scorer in Serie A.
Chelsea FC
After the 2006 World Cup Shevchenko moved for 46 million euros to Chelsea. He could not take root and underperformed its shape for a long time. In his first Premier League season Shevchenko was in 30 games, only four goals. In the UEFA Champions League, he came up with three goals in ten games a little better deal.
In the 2008 /09 season Shevchenko was awarded by Chelsea for a year at AC Milan.
Return to Dynamo Kiev
After failing to gain a foothold in Chelsea, the last eleven months of his contract were resolved. In August 2009, Shevchenko moved back to Dynamo Kiev. He signed a two-year contract.
National
His debut in the Ukrainian national team gave Shevchenko on 25 March 1995 to Croatia. In 2006, he reached the quarterfinals, the biggest success so far in the relatively short history of the Ukrainian national team at the World Cup. Previously, Shevchenko was viewed by many as one of the best players ( along with George Best ) at all, who had never participated in a World Cup finals. On 11 October 2008, he was with his 85th international game 's most capped player of Ukraine. On 8 October 2010, he played his 100th international match against Canada. Meanwhile, he was replaced by Anatoly Tymoschuk as most capped player. Shevchenko was in the Ukrainian squad for the 2012 European Championship and came in all three group matches are used.
On June 11, 2012, he led the Ukrainian team for the first European Championship finals game of Ukraine as captain on the field and scored in the 55th and 62nd minute, the first two EM Goals for Ukraine, which make the game 2-1 won against Sweden. It remained the only goals of the tournament in Ukraine and by the two defeats against France and England, but when he came only as a substitute due to injury used, different from the Ukraine as a group of third parties. Shevchenko then announced his retirement from the national team. Overall, Shevchenko came to 111 international matches, in which he scored 48 goals, including two in European and World Championship finals. He is current record scorer in the Ukraine.
End of career
July 28, 2012 Shevchenko ended his football career and went into politics. In the Ukrainian parliamentary elections in 2012, he ran for the party Ukraine - Forward!. However, the feeder in the Verkhovna Rada missed the party clearly.
Honors
In Ukraine, he received several medals and in 2003 the title of " Honored Master of Sports." The striker took in 2004 the title of European Footballer of the Year. Already in the 1998/1999 season he was chosen by UEFA to the best strikers in the Champions League.
Private
Andriy Shevchenko married in July 2004, the American fashion model Kristen Pazik and the couple have two sons. His father Nikolai was stationed for many years as a soldier in the Soviet army in Wunsdorf where Shevchenko spent some years of his youth. His sister Elena was born in Wunsdorf.
In his spare time enjoys playing golf Shevchenko. At the national championships on October 1, 2011, he took second place.
Achievements
With its clubs
- Ukrainian Champion: 1994 /95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98, 1998/99
- Ukrainian Cup winner: 1995/96, 1997/98, 1998/99
- Italian Championship: 2003 /04
- Italian Cup Winners: 2002 /03
- UEFA Super Cup winner: 2003
- Italian Soccer Supercup winner: 2004
- UEFA Champions League: 2002/ 03
- English League Cup: 2007
- English Cup: 2007
With the national team
- World Cup: Quarter-finals 2006
Awards
- Ukraine's Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
- Premjer - Liha goalscorer: 1998/99
- UEFA Champions League top scorer: 1998/99, 2005/06
- UEFA Forward of the Year: 1999
- Serie A top scorer: 1999 /00, 2003/ 04
- Best foreign player in Serie A: 2000
- European Footballer of the Year: 2004
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2004, 2005
- FIFPro World XI: 2005
Statistics
Stand on 10 May 2012
Notes:
Other spellings
- Full Name: Andriy Shevchenko
- Wiss. Transliteration: Andriy Shevchenko Mykolajovyč
- Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Шевченко
- Russian: Андрей Николаевич Шевченко
- English: Andriy Shevchenko