Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko (, born 29 September 1976) is a former Ukrainian football player and former politician. He is currently a football manager. He played for Dynamo Kyiv, Milan and Chelsea football teams. He was the captain of Ukrainian national football team.

Shevchenko is one of the highest scorers in all European competitions.

 Biography 
Andriy Shevchenko was born in the village of Dvirkivshchyna, Yahotyn district, Kyiv region. Three years after the birth of their son, the Shevchenko family moved to Kyiv, to the Obolon district. There Andrew went to the first class of the 216th high school. At the age of 9 he got into the football section. The first coach is Alexander Shpakov. Parents were initially skeptical of their child's fascination, but the coach was able to convince them.

In 1990, the 14-year-old Dynamo won the Ian Rush Cup in Wales, and Shevchenko became the tournament's top scorer and received a pair of boots from Ian Rush himself. In 1991, the "Dynamo" boys won the USSR championship among boys born in 1976. The team traveled to international tournaments in Europe, including the San Siro in Milan.

Andriy Shevchenko's first appearance in adult football took place in the 1992/93 season. With 12 goals, he became the top scorer of the first league team "Dynamo-2". Then he was invited to the Olympic team of Ukraine, and he appeared in the major leagues. He was first replaced on November 8, 1994 (the game with Shakhtar). At that time, the Dynamo team was coached by Jozef Szabo.

Career statistics
Club
Source:

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDynamo-2 Kyiv1992–93Ukrainian First League60———601993–94Ukrainian First League311210——32121994–95Ukrainian First League13445——1791996–97Ukrainian First League10———10Total511655——5621Dynamo Kyiv1994–95Vyshcha Liha1714121—2331995–96Vyshcha Liha31165122—38191996–97Vyshcha Liha206———2061997–98Vyshcha Liha292588106—41391998–99Vyshcha Liha2618451410—4433Total1176021152819—16694Milan1999–2000Serie A322444611043292000–01Serie A342431149—51342001–02Serie A29143063—38172002–03Serie A24541114—39102003–04Serie A3224101042145292004–05Serie A2917—1061340262005–06Serie A2819—129—4028Total208127156693644296173Chelsea2006–07Premier League304631035451142007–08Premier League175105123259Total48973154777723Milan (loan)2008–09Serie A1801171—262Chelsea2009–10Premier League1000000010Dynamo Kyiv2009–10Ukrainian Premier League2172061—2982010–11Ukrainian Premier League181021125—32162011–12Ukrainian Premier League1661050—226Total552351236—8330Career total4982355431142671110705343

International


+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsUkraine199520199621199784199861199992200055200176200230200383200464200562200695200783200873200984201062201151201262Total11148

Managerial statistics

TeamNatFromToRecordGWDLWin % Ukraine15 July 20161 August 2021 Genoa7 November 202115 January 2022Total

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv
Vyshcha Liha: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
Ukrainian Cup: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99
Ukrainian Super Cup: 2011
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 1996, 1997, 1998

AC Milan
Serie A: 2003–04
Coppa Italia: 2002–03
Supercoppa Italiana: 2004
UEFA Champions League: 2002–03; runner-up: 2004–05
UEFA Super Cup: 2003

Chelsea
FA Cup: 2006–07
Football League Cup: 2006–07
UEFA Champions League: runner-up: 2007–08

Individual
Ballon d'Or: 2004
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1997 (shared)
CIS Cup Team of the Competition: 1997
Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year: 1997
UEFA Champions League top scorer: 1998-1999 (8 goals), 2005-2006 (9 goals)
ESM Team of the Year: 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05
UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 1998–99
UEFA Team of the Year: 2004, 2005
Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 2000 
Serie A top scorer: 1999-00 (24 goals), 2003–04 (24 goals)
Serie A Goal of the Year: 2004
Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2005
Golden Foot: 2005
FIFPro World XI: 2005
FIFA 100
AC Milan Hall of Fame
Pallone d'Argento: 2003–04 
L'Équipe Team of the Year: 2004, 2005.
World Soccer's 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century
World's best man national coach of the decade 2011-2020, ranked by IFFHS: 17th place
World's best man national coach of year, ranked by IFFHS:
8th place - 2019
9th place - 2020

Orders
 50px Hero of Ukraine: 2004
 50px Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia: 2018

 Coach work 

 The national team of Ukraine 
On February 16, 2016, he joined the coaching staff of the national team of Ukraine headed by Mykhailo Fomenko. The first match of the Shevchenko-coach was a friendly game of the national team of Ukraine against the national team of Cyprus, in which the Ukrainians won. He was in the coaching staff during Euro 2016. After the tournament, he became the head coach of the national team of Ukraine. His coaching staff included several foreign experts, including Italians Andrea Mulder and Mauro Tasotti. Mykola Vasylkov, a well-known Ukrainian TV presenter, journalist, and school friend of Shevchenko, became an adviser to the coaching staff on publicity issues.

In July 2016, Shevchenko announced that he would give up a friendly match with the Georgian national team before qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. In the end, Ukraine took third place in the group, beating the teams of Iceland and Croatia.

Despite the failure in the selection for the 2018 World Cup, Andriy's contract with the national team of Ukraine was extended.

 Political and social activities 
In 1998, Shevchenko joined the SDPU (O). And, as Viktor Medvedchuk claimed in an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda, he remained a member until at least mid-June 2005. In the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on October 28, 2012, Andriy Shevchenko became the second number in the list of Natalia Korolevska's party "Ukraine - Forward!" and contributed 10 million hryvnias in support of this political force. Despite this, the party "Ukraine - Forward!" did not get into parliament, gaining 322,198 votes in Ukraine, or 1.58% of the total number of people who took part in the election.

In May 2018, he signed a letter demanding the release of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, a prisoner in Russia.

 Personal life 

 His father, Mykola Hryhorovych Shevchenko, was a soldier and a pentathlete;
 Mother — Lyubov Shevchenko;
 Older sister — Olena; 
 Wife — Kristen Pazik (August 11, 1978, Minneapolis, USA) — model;
 son — Jordan Shevchenko (October 29, 2004); 
 son — Christian Shevchenko (November 13, 2006);
 son — Alexander Shevchenko (October 1, 2012); 
 son — Ryder—Gabriel Shevchenko (April 6, 2014);
 uncle — Vladimir Shevchenko.

 References 

Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:Ukrainian footballers
Category:Ukrainian football managers
Category:Ballon d'Or winners
Category:Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2012