Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian sports manager, football coach and former footballer, playing as a striker, and president of the Ukrainian Footbal Federation.

He was one of the strongest and most complete strikers of all time. He made his debut in Dynamo Kiev, with which he won five Ukrainian championships and three national cups.

In 1999 he joined Milan, where he played for seven seasons, winning a scudetto, a European Super Cup, an Italian Super Cup, a UEFA Champions League and an Italian Cup. In 2006 he was purchased by Chelsea, with whom he won an FA Cup and an English League Cup.

With the Ukrainian national team he participated in the 2006 world championship and the 2012 European championship played on home soil, at the end of which he retired from competitive activity.

He won the Ballon d'Or in 2004, the most important individual award.

With 67 goals in 143 games, he is respectively seventh in the ranking of scorers in UEFA club competitions and eleventh in the ranking of players with the most appearances. With 111 games played and 48 goals scored, he is the second most capped player for the Ukrainian national team after Anatoly Tymoshchuk and Ukraine's top scorer.