How to Pronounce Andriy Shevchenko
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Sep 29, 1976 Dvirkivschyna, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine 47 years old
Current Ukrainian manager and retired Ukrainian association football player.
Librajksheva7
andriyshevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Andriy Shevchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Andriy Shevchenko
- Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????? ????????, pronounced [?n'd???r???ij m?ko'l?jow?t? ?eu?'t??nko]; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian politician, football manager and former professional footballer who played for Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea and the Ukraine national team as a striker.
- From February to July 2016, he was an assistant coach of the Ukraine national team, at the time led by Mykhailo Fomenko.
- On 15 July 2016, shortly after the nation's elimination from UEFA Euro 2016, Shevchenko was appointed Ukraine's head coach. Shevchenko is ranked as the fifth top goalscorer in all European competitions with 67 goals.
- With a tally of 175 goals scored for Milan, Shevchenko 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 Internazionale) with 14 goals.
- Furthermore, he is the all-time top scorer for the Ukrainian national team with 48 goals. Shevchenko's career has been highlighted by many awards, the most prestigious of which was the Ballon d'Or in 2004 (becoming the third Ukrainian, after Oleh Blokhin and Igor Belanov, to receive it).
- He won the UEFA Champions League in 2003 with Milan, and he has also won various league and cup titles in Ukraine, Italy and England.
- He was also an UEFA Champions League runner-up in 2005 and 2008.
- He was named in the FIFA World XI for 2005. In his illustrious international career, the striker 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 28 July 2012, Shevchenko announced that he was quitting football for politics.
- He stood for election to the Ukrainian Parliament in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, but his party failed to win parliamentary representation.
