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Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a former football player, manager, and politician from Ukraine. He is known for his seven-year-long tenure at A.C. Milan and three-year-long tenure at Chelsea. Between 1995 and 2012, he was a member of the Ukrainian national team and holds the distinction of being the all-time top scorer in its history. He won the Ballon d'Or in 2004 and the Bronze Award at the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year ceremony. Shevchenko is one of the most prolific players in Milan’s history and has won a Serie A, a Coppa Italia, a Supercoppa Italiana, a UEFA Champions League, and a UEFA Super Cup with them. He retired from football in June 2012 and subsequently joined politics as a member of the Ukraine – Forward! Party. In 2012, he unsuccessfully contested in the Ukrainian parliamentary election. Despite his political ventures, he had expressed his desire to manage the Ukrainian national team. Shevchenko briefly served as the assistant manager for the team before he was made the manager in July 2016.
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Born
1976
Birth Place
Dvirkivschyna
Nationality
Ukrainian
Also Known As
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko
Famous As
Football Player, Politician
Height
6'0" (183 cm)
Political Ideology
Ukraine_–_Forward!
Spouse(s)
Kristen Pazik (m. 2004)
Children
Alexander Shevchenko, Christian Shevchenko, Jordan Shevchenko, Rider Gabriel Shevchenko
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Andriy Shevchenko: From national hero to Europe’s next top boss?

For every Zinedine Zidane or Pep Guardiola, there are countless legendary players turned coaches that couldn’t translate their genius on the pitch into the dugout. Alan Shearer has not returned to management since his short stint at Newcastle United ended in relegation. Juventus’ iconic former midfielder Andrea Pirlo failed to deliver a 10th-successive Scudetto and was promptly sacked after just one season.
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Roman Yaremchuk speaks about Ukraine and Andriy Shevchenko

Roman Yaremchuk says he loves playing under legendary striker Andriy Shevchenko as Ukraine prepare for EURO 2020. The Gent striker witnessed current Ukraine manager Shevchenko's last goals for the national team in 2012 and will be the Yellow and Blue's leading threat up front this summer.
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Andriy Shevchenko admits the 'wound is still bleeding' from the 2005 Champions League capitulation in Istanbul and AC Milan striker would 'wake up SCREAMING in the middle of the night' thinking about Liverpool's famous comeback

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Steve Sidwell believes there is a spark missing at Tottenham under Jose Mourinho compared to his first spell at Chelsea, where players were always playing on the competitive limit even in training - with stars sometimes wanting to 'kill' each other. Spurs suffered a third straight defeat in the Premier...
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Frank Lampard hopes Timo Werner and Kai Havertz can emulate Eden Hazard despite slow starts... but as Andriy Shevchenko and Fernando Torres have proved, Chelsea's big-money moves don't always work out

Frank Lampard remains optimistic that expensive summer arrivals Timo Werner and Kai Havertz can still be a success at Chelsea. The German pair did both score in Sunday's 4-0 FA Cup win over League Two side Morecambe to end goal droughts. But more might reasonably have been expected of two...
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Remembering Andriy Shevchenko's Chelsea career

On 31 May 2006 Chelsea announced that, after several failed attempts, they had finally secured the signing of Andriy Shevchenko. The £30m+ they paid was, at the time, the sixth highest transfer fee ever and it also eclipsed the British transfer record. Despite this, few argued that the Ukrainian was not worth the money. He was considered one of, if not the, best striker on the planet at the time, netting 175 goals in just over 300 games for Milan and even winning the 2004 Ballon d'Or.