Andrey Shevchenko - the most successful football player in the CIS

Andriy Shevchenko, whose photo is presented below, is the most successful football player of Ukraine for all the years of her independence. During his long career, he played in such clubs as Dynamo (Kiev), Milan and Chelsea. Outstanding can also be called his performances for the national team of his country. More details about this athlete and will go further.

Childhood

Andrey Shevchenko was born on September 29, 1976 in the small village of Dvorkivschina, Yagotinsky district, Kiev region. It was here that the first three years of life of the future football star passed. After that, the family moved to Kiev. Andrei's father, Nikolai, was a soldier, so he dreamed that his son would become an officer. The boy studied at the 216th high school, in a classroom that included children who did not pass through the level of knowledge into groups with a great emphasis on the study of physics and mathematics.

First soccer moves

Like most children of that time, Andrei first started playing football with peers in the yard. Later, he acted as a member of the national team of his school and the team of the housing office. In 1986, Andrei Shevchenko tried to enter a football school, but he did not succeed. During one of the tournaments among the children, the boy was noticed by Alexander Shpakov, the mentor of the young men in Kiev Dynamo, who invited him to his class. The guy was actively engaged in football and several times a day he trained, often even skipping school for this. Parents initially opposed such a strong hobby of the son, but the coach managed to convince them that Andrei has a future in sport.

"Dynamo"

Exiting from time to time to replace in the matches of the championship of Ukraine in the season of 1993/1994, the football player managed to excel with twelve goals scored. Thanks to his diligence and skills, the player quickly became indispensable in the team. In 1997, the whole of Europe learned about such a player as Andrey Shevchenko. Goals in his performance at the gates of "Barcelona" forced the leading football publications to write a lot about him. In the next season he became the best scorer of the national championship and the Champions League. For his first "Dynamo" period in all official tournaments, the player scored 106 goals.

"Milan"

July 2, 1999 it became known that the Italian "Milan" for a sum of 25 million US dollars was acquired by Andrey Shevchenko. Footballer very quickly won the love of Italian fans. In the first season in the club, he became the top scorer of the championship, having distinguished himself by 24 goals at the gate of opponents. The game of the athlete on the football field at the same time continued to improve. As a result, in 2003, together with "Milan" he became the triumphant of the Champions League. The first thing Andrei did after that, came to Kiev on the grave of his coach Valery Lobanovsky with the most prestigious European cup. The next winter, the player received the "Golden Ball" - an individual award to the best player. In general, for seven years of performances for "Milan" in 208 games, the striker scored 127 goals.

Chelsea

After winning all possible trophies in Italy for $ 50 million, Andriy Shevchenko was bought by the London club Chelsea. At that time, this amount was a record on the football transfer market. Whatever it was, the forward did not live up to the expectations of English fans and the owner of the London grandee. For all this time in his career, the player has played 48 fights in which he managed to score only 9 goals.

End of career

In August 2008, the player went on a lease back to Milan. However, he did not play a special role in the team, so he came out mostly only as a substitute. In 2009, it became known about the intention of the Italians in the future to rely on youth, so the Ukrainian returned to London. Together with this, Carlo Ancelotti, who coached Chelsea at the time, also did not include Andriy Shevchenko. As a result, on August 29, 2009, the football player signed a contract with his native "Dinamo", where he received his beloved seventh number. Over the next three years, the legendary forward played in the team 55 games, which scored 23 goals. In 2012, after the completion of the contract, he announced the end of his career as a football player.

National team of Ukraine

T-shirt of the Ukrainian national team player first dressed in 1995. During his entire stay in the national team he played 111 games, in which he scored 48 goals scored. During the World Cup in Germany in 2006, when Ukraine reached the quarterfinals, was captain. Home "Euro-2102" was the next and last big tournament for Andrew. In the only group stage match won, Shevchenko scored two goals against Sweden.

Interesting Facts

With his future wife Kristen Pazik, while still a player of "Milan", Andrew met during one of the parties organized by the famous Italian designer Armani. Currently, the couple have three sons.

The godfather of the first son of Shevchenko was to become the owner of the club Silvio Berlusconi. This did not happen only because the tycoon was married to a second marriage. According to the Catholic canons, such people do not have the right to baptize children.

Andriy Shevchenko is very close friends with another legend of Milan - the Brazilian Kaka, Giorgio Armani and the Klitschko brothers.

In his spare time, a former football player likes to play golf. Once he even won a silver medal in this sport at the Ukrainian Championship.