Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Анатолій Тимощук

Tymoshchuk with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk
Date of birth	(1979-03-30) 30 March 1979 (age 38)
Place of birth	Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder / Centre back
Club information
Current team	Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
Youth career
1994–1995	Volyn Lutsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Volyn Lutsk	62	(8)
1998–2007	Shakhtar Donetsk	227	(32)
1998–2001	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	25	(9)
2007–2009	Zenit Saint Petersburg	67	(10)
2009–2013	Bayern Munich	86	(4)
2013–2015	Zenit Saint Petersburg	32	(0)
2015–2016	Kairat	34	(1)
Total		533	(64)
National team‡
2000–2016	Ukraine	144	(4)
Teams managed
2017–	Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2016

Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk (Ukrainian: Анатолій Олександрович Тимощук; Ukrainian pronunciation: [ɑnɑˈtɔlʲi tɪmɔˈʃtʃuk]; born 30 March 1979) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder. He is also a former captain of his national team, before retiring from international football in 2016. He is "a deep-lying midfielder who is comfortable on the ball and capable of ferocious long-range shooting."

Tymoshchuk began his professional career with his local Volyn Lutsk. He moved to play for Ukrainian giants, Shakhtar Donetsk, whom he captained and with whom he won the Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Cup, and Ukrainian Super Cup titles. In 2008, Tymoshchuk won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup as the captain of Zenit St. Petersburg. He also won a Russian Premier League and Russian Super Cup title. With Bayern, Tymoshchuk won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and the DFB-Supercup titles. Tymoshchuk won the UEFA Champions League in 2013 and he is also a UEFA Champions League runner-up in 2010 and 2012, all with Bayern.