Vyacheslav Shevchuk

Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Анатолійович Шевчу́к, born 13 May 1979) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and manager, mainly known for his time as a player of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He was capped over 50 times for the Ukraine national football team.

Vyacheslav Shevchuk
Shevchuk with Ukraine in 2011
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk
Date of birth (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979
Place of birth Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left back
Youth career
1986–1988 Volyn Lutsk
1988–1990 Zenit Saint Petersburg
1990–1993 Torpedo Moscow
1993–1996 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 36 (0)
1997–2000 Metalurh Zaporizhya 31 (1)
2000–2001 Shakhtar Donetsk 12 (0)
2001–2002 Metalurh Donetsk 2 (0)
2002–2004 Shinnik Yaroslavl 50 (4)
2004–2005 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 11 (1)
2005–2016 Shakhtar Donetsk 162 (4)
Total 304 (10)
National team
2003–2016 Ukraine 56 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Shakhtar Donetsk U-17
2018–2019 Olimpik Donetsk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Anatoliyovych and the family name is Shevchuk.

Career

His position is at left back but he can also play as a central defender. Shevchuk has been a reliable back-up to Răzvan Raţ and has gradually increased his attacking play over the years.[2]

During Shakhtar's victory over Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih on 7 August 2011, Shevchuk scored his first goal for the club when he drilled home the second goal in a 2–0 win.[3]

To date, Shevchuk has won seven Ukrainian Premier League titles, four Ukrainian Cup finals and the UEFA Cup.

In December 2016, Shevchuk announced his retirement from football.[4]

In September 2017, he began his coaching career, leading the Shakhtar U-17 team and received a UEFA Pro coaching diploma[5].

Since October 2018, he headed the Premier League FC Olimpik Donetsk[6].

17 April 2019 Shevchuk left the post of head coach of FC Olimpik Donetsk[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 December 2016
Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 1996–97 200------200
1997–98 160------160
Metalurh Zaporizhya 1997–98 50------50
1998–99 50------50
1999–00 21130----241
Shakhtar Donetsk 2000–01 1104070--220
2001–02 1010----20
Metalurh Donetsk 2001–02 20------20
Shinnik Yaroslavl 2002 8210----92
2003 23170----301
2004 1911020--221
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2004–05 1112020--151
Shakhtar Donetsk 2005–06 20030--10240
2006–07 140404010230
2007–08 12030----150
2008–09 1402040--200
2009–10 601010--80
2010–11 1005010--160
2011–12 183202010233
2012–13 14040----180
2013–14 170207010270
2014–15 161406010271
2015–16 90203000140
Total for Podillya Khmelnytskyi 360000000360
Total for Metalurh Zaporizhya 311300000341
Total for Metalurh Donetsk 2000000020
Total for Shinnik Yaroslavl 504902000614
Total for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 111202000151
Total for Shakhtar Donetsk 1624370350502394
Career totals 292105103905038710

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Vyacheslav Shevchuk: A beard just refuses to grow". Shakhtar.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. "Vyacheslav Shevchuk: I just drove the ball into the net". Shakhtar.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. "Thank you, Slava! Bravo, the legend!". shakhtar.com. Shakhtar Donetsk. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. Vyacheslav Shevchuk spearheaded Shahtar U-17 — UA-Футбол
  6. Vyacheslav Shevchuk spearheaded FC Olimpik Donetsk
  7. "Vyacheslav Shevchuk left FC Olimpik Donetsk". Shakhtar.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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