Vyacheslav Shevchuk
Shevchuk with Ukraine in 2011
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk
Date of birth (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Veres Rivne (sporting director)
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 Kovel-Volyn Kovel 2 (0)
1996–1997 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 36 (0)
1998–2000 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 31 (1)
1999 → Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 6 (0)
2000–2001 Shakhtar Donetsk 12 (0)
2000 → Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 1 (0)
2001 → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 13 (0)
2002 Metalurh Donetsk 2 (0)
2002 → Metalurh-2 Donetsk 6 (0)
2002–2004 Shinnik Yaroslavl 50 (4)
2005 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 11 (1)
2005–2016 Shakhtar Donetsk 162 (4)
Total 332 (10)
International career
2003–2016 Ukraine 56 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Shakhtar Donetsk U-17
2018–2019 Olimpik Donetsk
2021– Veres Rivne (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

On 23 November 2021 Shevchuk was appointed as sporting director of Veres Rivne.[8]

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 20 0 - - - - - - 20 0
1997–98 16 0 - - - - - - 16 0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1997–98 5 0 - - - - - - 5 0
1998–99 5 0 - - - - - - 5 0
1999–00 21 1 3 0 - - - - 24 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2000–01 11 0 4 0 7 0 - - 22 0
2001–02 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 0
Metalurh Donetsk 2001–02 2 0 - - - - - - 2 0
Shinnik Yaroslavl 2002 8 2 1 0 - - - - 9 2
2003 23 1 7 0 - - - - 30 1
2004 19 1 1 0 2 0 - - 22 1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2004–05 11 1 2 0 2 0 - - 15 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2005–06 20 0 3 0 - - 1 0 24 0
2006–07 14 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 23 0
2007–08 12 0 3 0 - - - - 15 0
2008–09 14 0 2 0 4 0 - - 20 0
2009–10 6 0 1 0 1 0 - - 8 0
2010–11 10 0 5 0 1 0 - - 16 0
2011–12 18 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 23 3
2012–13 14 0 4 0 - - - - 18 0
2013–14 17 0 2 0 7 0 1 0 27 0
2014–15 16 1 4 0 6 0 1 0 27 1
2015–16 9 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 0
Total for Podillya Khmelnytskyi 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Total for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
Total for Metalurh Donetsk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total for Shinnik Yaroslavl 50 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 61 4
Total for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 11 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1
Total for Shakhtar Donetsk 162 4 37 0 35 0 5 0 239 4
Career totals 292 10 51 0 39 0 5 0 387 10

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vyacheslav Shevchuk.
  1. ^ "Vyacheslav Shevchuk | First Team | FC Shakhtar Donetsk". Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  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.
  8. ^ "Vyacheslav Shevchuk is new sporting director of Veres" (in Ukrainian). nkveres.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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