Shevchuk with Ukraine in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | 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) |
National team‡ | |||
2003–2016 | Ukraine | 56 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 December 2016 |
Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Анатолійович Шевчу́к) (born 13 May 1979 in Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer, who last played for Shakhtar Donetsk.
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.
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.
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.