Andriy Shevchenko with Ukraine in 2011

Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who represented the Ukraine national football team as a striker for 17 years from 1995 to 2012. He is the Ukraine national team's all-time top goalscorer with 48 goals in 111 appearances, and the third most-capped Ukrainian international.[1] He has represented the nation in two international tournaments, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2012 UEFA European Championship, and participated in each of his country's qualifying campaigns during his international career.

He made his debut for his country in a 4–0 loss to Croatia in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match in March 1995.[2][3] He did not score his first goal until May 1996, however, when he scored in a friendly against Turkey.[4] On 9 October 1999, during a crucial UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Russia in Moscow, Shevchenko scored his seventh international goal to level the game at 1–1,[5] securing Ukraine a place in the qualifying play-offs. In the first leg of the play-off against Slovenia, Shevchenko scored the first goal of the game in a 2–1 loss.[6] However, in the second leg, the two teams drew 1–1, meaning that Ukraine lost 3–2 on aggregate.[7] During the UEFA section of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Shevchenko scored nine goals in the qualifying group and captained[citation needed] the side to a second-place[citation needed] finish behind Poland, which set them in a play-off tie against Germany where he scored in the second leg of a 5–2 aggregate defeat.[8] During 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, Ukraine topped their qualifying group, automatically qualifying for the main competition in Germany and their first World Cup in history as an independent nation.[9] In the group stage, he scored one goal against Saudi Arabia in a 4–0 victory[10] and another goal against Tunisia in a 1–0 victory,[11] as Ukraine finished second in the group stage behind Spain. Shevchenko captained the side to a penalty shoot-out victory against Switzerland in the Round of 16, but the team lost to eventual champions Italy in the quarter-finals.[12] He scored his final international goal in the 55th minute of a UEFA Euro 2012 group stage match against Sweden, which ended as a 2–1 victory for Ukraine.[13] He decided to retire from international football after the final match in the group stage against England; it ended with a 1–0 loss for Ukraine.[14][15]

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shevchenko goal.[2]
List of international goals scored by Andriy Shevchenko
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 1 May 1996 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun, Turkey  Turkey 1–1 2–3 Friendly [16]
2 2 April 1997 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Northern Ireland 2–1 2–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [17]
3 7 May 1997 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Armenia 1–0 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [18]
4 11 October 1997 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 1–0 2–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [19]
5 15 November 1997 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Croatia 1–0 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round [20]
6 15 July 1998 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Poland 1–2 1–2 Friendly [21]
7 9 October 1999 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Russia 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying [22]
8 13 November 1999 Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs [23]
9 26 April 2000 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 1–0 1–0 Friendly [24]
10 2 September 2000 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Poland 1–1 1–3 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [25]
11 7 October 2000 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 1–2 3–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]
12 3–2
13 11 October 2000 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [27]
14 28 March 2001 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [28]
15 1 September 2001 Dynama Stadium, Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [29]
16 2–0
17 5 September 2001 Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine  Armenia 1–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [30]
18 6 October 2001 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland  Poland 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [31]
19 14 November 2001 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  Germany 1–4 1–4 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off) [32]
20 7 June 2003 Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine  Armenia 2–2 4–3 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying [33]
21 3–2
22 10 September 2003 Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain  Spain 1–2 1–2 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying [34]
23 9 October 2004 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Greece 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [35]
24 13 October 2004 Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine  Georgia 2–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [36]
25 17 November 2004 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 2–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [37]
26 3–0
27 4 June 2005 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Kazakhstan 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [38]
28 8 October 2005 Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine  Albania 1–0 2–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [39]
29 8 June 2006 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 3–0 3–0 Friendly [40]
30 19 June 2006 AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany  Saudi Arabia 3–0 4–0 2006 FIFA World Cup [41]
31 23 June 2006 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany  Tunisia 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup [42]
32 6 September 2006 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Georgia 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [43]
33 11 October 2006 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Scotland 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [44]
34 12 September 2007 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Italy 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [45]
35 13 October 2007 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–2 1–3 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [46]
36 21 November 2007 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  France 2–2 2–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [47]
37 26 March 2008 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Serbia 1–0 2–0 Friendly [48]
38 6 September 2008 Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine  Belarus 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [49]
39 10 September 2008 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 2–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [50]
40 1 April 2009 Wembley Stadium, London, England  England 1–1 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [51]
41 6 June 2009 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia  Croatia 1–1 2–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [52]
42 5 September 2009 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Andorra 3–0 5–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [53]
43 14 October 2009 Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 1–0 6–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [54]
44 25 May 2010 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine  Lithuania 3–0 4–0 Friendly [55]
45 4–0
46 7 October 2011 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Bulgaria 2–0 3–0 Friendly [56]
47 11 June 2012 NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine  Sweden 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 [57]
48 2–1

Statistics

See also

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