| Andriy Shevchenko was born in Ukraine at Dvirkivshchyna on the 29th of September 1976. He plays as a striker. He lived most of his life in Kiev. His career successes includes five Ukrainian Championships, three Ukrainian Cups, he is currently the Ukrainian best national team scorer. His favorite coach is the current Dinamo Kiev coach Valeri Lobanovski who also coached the ex Soviet Union team (USSR) in the Italian World Cup in year 1990.
Till now he played at Dinamo Kiev in Ukraine and at AC Milan in Italy. He has a five years contract which expires in 2004. He is about 1,83 m high and he weights about 70 kilograms.
His transfer from Dinamo Kiev to AC Milan is one of the biggest ever made, the rossoneri president Silvio Berlusconi paid 25 millions $ for him + a friendly match between the two teams.
Shevchenko became appreciated in Europe from the Dinamo Kiev's Champions Leagues matches. He contributed to the surprise from the 1997 CL groups when he scored a hat trick against Barcelona on Nou Camp stadium. In 1998 he was the the goal scorer on the Champions Leagues with 11 goals, taking Dinamo Kiev to a semifinal lost against Bayern Munich, the Germany champions.
He made his debut in the national team against Croatia in March 1995, game ended 4-0 for the Ukrainians.
The AC Milan fans are comparing him to the great Dutch player, Marco van Basten. He only says that Marco was a good player. His favorites football players are Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Gabriel Omar Batistuta.
He likes ice hockey. He also likes fishing, tennis and reading. |
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