Last update 6 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
It is the best player in the history of Ukraine. If we make this statement, we can not refer to another but the great Shevchenko. Forward scorer, It was one of the legendary of the first decade of the century. Today we will Colgados tribute to one of the players that marked an era in football and one of the best strikers in recent decades.
Andrey Shevchenko born Mykolayovych 29 September 1976 in Dvirkishchyna , Ukraine. Shevchenko attracted the attention of a talent scout Dynamo Kiev while playing a youth tournament , This impressed the scout with his power , speed and ease to score goals. Shevchenko went on to play at the lower levels of Dynamo Kiev , until the day he debuted , exactly the 28 October 1994 in a game against Shaktar Donetsk on. At this time he was summoned for the first time with the national team.
In the campaign 1997-1998 It was the season where many European clubs were set at the kid who dazzled in Ukraine. In that season Dinamo played the Uefa Champions League , where he won major teams including Barcelona , O Real Madrid Bayern , reaching the semifinal and Shevchenko still one of the top scorers in the competition. Sheva during his time in Kiev won 5 diseases , 3 Cups among other titles and formed a pair of terrifying attack by Rebrov.
In 1999, Andrey Shevchenko joined AC Milan by a figure today would approach 26 millions of euros. His debut was Calcio 28 August of that year and made scoring his first goal for the Rossoneri. .The set of Milan, He spent two seasons without winning a title and role of Shevchenko was not perhaps the wait. In the third season of Sheva in Milan, He won an Italian Cup consguió. Champions League and European Super Cup Shevchenko getting the goal that gave them the title.
In 2004 It was included by Pele top 100 FIFA and in December of that year he won the Golden Ball. In the year 2005, there was an interest from Abramovich, Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea by taking the services of Ukrainian Star. Milan initially rejected that offer but a year later reached an agreement the two directives.
In the year 2006 the front landing in London under the orders of Jose Mourinho coach. Shevchenko debuted un 13 de agosto del 2006 in the Community Shield against Liverpool , scoring a goal but not getting the victory was for Anfield. In the two seasons that Shevchenko was at Chelsea he was severely punished by injuries and was an intermittent player , because he could not perform at its peak . Then he started talking about his move to Chelsea was a complete failure and to start the season 2008-2009 Sheva was loaned to Milan.
Season on loan at Milan was a disaster , no one striker who needed a foot of ground to be remembered goal and had dazzled San Siro. It was a lot of matches in the Italian banquillo.El club did not stay with the player who returned to Chelsea where he eventually was sold to the club where he debuted , Dynamo kyiv.
On the way back home Sheva played many match with Dinamo scoring goals and winning titles , but he could not start and did not look comfortable with his game and decides to retire after the euro 2012 He held in his country. The player seemed convinced to engage in the politics of his country, but that did not happen and finally ended up as a professional golfer though we, always remember his goals.