Andriy Shevchenko

This article is about the footballer. For the journalist and politician, see Andriy Shevchenko (politician).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Shevchenko.
Andriy Shevchenko
Андрій Шевченко
Shevchenko as Ukraine manager in 2017
President of the Ukrainian Association of Football
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 January 2024
Preceded byOleh Protasov
Personal details
Born
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko[1]

(1976-09-29) 29 September 1976 (age 48)[2]
Dvirkivshchyna, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partySDPU(u) (1998–2005)
Ukraine – Forward! (2012)
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children4
RelativesMike Pazik (father-in-law)
Occupation
  • Footballer
  • manager
  • sports administrator
Association football career
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1986–1993 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 51 (16)
1993–1999 Dynamo Kyiv 117 (60)
1999–2006 AC Milan 208 (127)
2006–2009 Chelsea 48 (9)
2008–2009 → AC Milan (loan) 18 (0)
2009–2012 Dynamo Kyiv 55 (23)
Total 497 (235)
International career
1994–1995 Ukraine U19 8 (5)
1994–1995 Ukraine U21 7 (6)
1995–2012 Ukraine 111 (48)
Managerial career
2016–2021 Ukraine
2021–2022 Genoa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko[4][note 1] (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, pronounced [ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ij mɪkoˈlɑjowɪtʃ ʃeu̯ˈtʃɛnko]; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional football player and manager. Shevchenko played as a striker for Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea and the Ukraine national team. He was most recently head coach of Serie A club Genoa. Shevchenko is considered one of the greatest strikers of all time and Ukraine’s greatest ever player.[9][10] He is the all-time top scorer for the Ukraine national team with 48 goals.[11]

Shevchenko began his career at Dynamo Kyiv and won five league titles in a row before signing for Milan. In Milan, he established himself as one of the top strikers in Europe and won the UEFA Champions League in 2003. He also won various league and cup titles in Ukraine, Italy and England. He was also a Champions League runner-up in 2005 and 2008. He was named in the FIFA World XI for 2005. In 2004, he was named as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration, and in the same year he also received the Ballon d'Or.[12] In his international career, he led Ukraine as captain to the quarter-finals in their first ever FIFA World Cup appearance in 2006, and also took part at UEFA Euro 2012 on home soil.

Shevchenko is ranked as the seventh top goalscorer in all UEFA club competitions with 67 goals. With a tally of 175 goals scored for Milan, he is the second most prolific player in the history of the club, and is also the all-time top scorer of the Derby della Madonnina (the derby between Milan and their local rivals Inter Milan) with 14 goals.

Quitting football for politics in 2012,[13] he stood for election to the Ukrainian Parliament in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election,[14] but his party failed to win parliamentary representation.[15][16] He returned to football in 2016, as assistant coach of the Ukraine national team February to July, at the time led by Mykhaylo Fomenko. In July 2016, Shevchenko was appointed Ukraine's head coach, and led the nation to the quarter-finals at UEFA Euro 2020. Shevchenko became the Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine on 17 November 2022. He left the National Olympic Committee in January 2023 due to disagreement with the results of the election of its new President Vadym Gutzeit.[17] In January 2024, Shevchenko was elected President of the Ukrainian Football Association.[18][19]

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  2. ^ "A. Shevchenko: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Andriy Shevchenko: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ ROMANIZATION OF UKRAINIAN. BGN/PCGN 2019 Agreement Archived 25 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine (PDF).
  5. ^ BGN/PCGN 1965 Romanization of Ukrainian.
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  9. ^ "The 30 greatest strikers of all time - ranked". 90 Min. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Ranking the Top 60 Strikers of All Time". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  11. ^ "All time top goal scorers of the football team of Ukraine 2021". Statista. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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  15. ^ "Ukraine's Ultranationalists Show Surprising Strength at Polls". The New York Times. 8 November 2012. p. A11.
  16. ^ "Proportional votes" (in Ukrainian). Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  17. ^ "NOC excluded Surkis, Shufrych, Shevchenko and Belenyuk from its composition". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Ex-striker Shevchenko elected Ukraine FA president". Reuters. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  19. ^ "President of Ukrainian Association of Football". en.uaf.ua. Retrieved 21 March 2024.


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