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Andriy Shevchenko is a legendary Ukrainian footballer with a worldwide reputation. His career includes appearances for the Ukraine national team and top European clubs, including Milan and Chelsea, and he is now president of the Ukrainian Association of Football. On this day, 29 September, the football legend celebrates a major anniversary — he turned 50 years old.
What you need to know:
Andriy Shevchenko — a legend of Ukrainian football, winner of the Ballon d'Or in 2004
His career included playing for Dynamo, Milan, and Chelsea, where he became a top scorer
Shevchenko now heads the Ukrainian Association of Football and is raising 4 sons with his wife Kristen Pazik
Andriy Shevchenko — a star of Ukrainian football
Andriy Shevchenko was born on 29 September 1976. He was born in the small village of Dvorkivshchyna in the Kyiv region, but a few years later his family moved to Kyiv. It was there, on the playground of the ordinary school Shevchenko attended, that he became passionate about football. He was noticed there and invited to Dynamo’s youth academy. At first his parents were against their son’s football obsession — his father dreamed that Andriy would follow in his footsteps and become a military man — but fate had other plans.
Already in 1990, at the friendly tournament 'Ian Rush Cup,' Andriy Shevchenko became the best and youngest scorer among all participants. That was the start of his meteoric football career and major successes.
Shevchenko’s debut for Dynamo’s first team took place on 8 November 1994 in Donetsk in a match against Shakhtar. Then in May 1999 the successful player was bought by Milan for 25 million dollars. In his first year at Milan, Shevchenko became Italy’s top scorer, scoring 24 goals. He was a player for Italian Milan from 1999 to 2006.
Then on 28 May 2006 Shevchenko moved from Italian Milan to the English club Chelsea for 43,875 million euros. He scored his first goal for Chelsea against Liverpool on 13 August 2006 in the English Super Cup.
Shevchenko’s career was marked by many awards and trophies. The most prestigious was the Ballon d’Or, which he received in 2004. By the way, he became the third Ukrainian after Oleh Blokhin and Ihor Belanov to receive it.
It should be said that at different times in his star football career Andriy Shevchenko looked different. Many remember him with short hair and with longer hair. Shevchenko also experimented with hair color, becoming a blond. He also had a toned athletic body that he did not hesitate to show off.
Currently Andriy Shevchenko is the head of the Ukrainian Association of Football. Before that, he served for a time as the head coach of the Ukraine national football team. Since 2004 he has been married to model Kristen Pazik, with whom he is raising four sons.
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