| Name: | Andriy Shevchenko |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Date of Birth: | 29/09/1976 |
| Height: | 5' 11" (181cm) |
| Weight: | 13st 3lbs (84.0kg) |
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| Clubs: | AC Milan, Dynamo |
| Position: | Striker |
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Not since Ruud Gullit in 1995 have Chelsea signed a name so revered throughout the world of football. It was a sign of changed times that a player like Andriy could be prised away from a club like AC Milan at his very peak.
The then 29 year-old signed before the 2006 World Cup for an undisclosed Chelsea record fee but the goals did not flow at the rate expected. Andriy ended his first English season with 14 in total, four in the league, although there were some stunners amongst them, not least at White Hart Lane in an FA Cup replay.
A hernia operation in the closing weeks of the season ruled out a first taste of an FA Cup Final but it clears the way for an injury-free preparation for Chelsea season number two, José Mourinho having voiced a belief that strikers frequently need time to adapt to new leagues.
Shevchenko began his professional career at Dynamo Kiev in his Ukraine homeland, winning five league titles and two national cups in five seasons between 1994 and 1999.
He came to prominence across Europe when scoring a first-half hat-trick in a Champions League win against Barcelona at Camp Nou in the 1997-98 season.
The season after, he spearheaded Kiev into the semi-finals of the competition. The giants of AC Milan came calling, paying a transfer fee of $26 million.
Shevchenko's debut Serie A season ended with the player topscorer, having found the net 24 times in 32 appearances.
He was the first non-Italian to achieve such a feat in his first Serie A season. His Champions League debut for Milan came at Stamford Bridge in a 0-0 draw.
The Champions League would eventually provide a major career highlight, the striker scoring the winning penalty in a shoot-out in the Final. That was against Juventus at Old Trafford in 2003. He followed this up by scoring the winning goal in the UEFA Super Cup - the opposition, José Mourinho's Porto.
He finished top of the scoring chart in Serie A for the second time in 2003-4, with the same total as four years earlier - 24 goals in 32 matches - helping Milan to end a wait of four years for the league title.
In December 2004, Shevchenko was named the European Footballer of the Year.
In total with Milan he won one Serie A title, one Champions League, one European Super Cup, one Italian Cup and one Italian Super Cup.
There was disappointment in the Champions League Final against Liverpool three years ago when a penalty shoot-out brought defeat, Shevchenko this time missing the decisive kick.
The 2005/6 season saw milestones passed. He became Milan's second all-time topscorer and a goal against Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals made it 52 goals in 90 games in that competition, a record including qualification games.
His nine goals in the tournament that season were bettered by no-one.
In total he scored 173 times for Milan in 296 games.
In the summer of 2006 Shevchenko captained Ukraine in their first World Cup Finals having scored six times during qualification.
Fitness problems further hampered Shevchenko's start to 2007/8, but slowly and surely he began to show some of his best form, starting with an important headed equaliser against Rosenborg in the Champions League.
December proved to be Sheva's most profitable month so far in a Chelsea shirt in front of goal, finding the net four times including a cracker against Aston Villa before injury again struck.
Season 2007 - 08
| Competition | Apps (as sub) |
Goals | Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
| League | 8 (9) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FA Cup | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| League Cup | 2 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Euro Cups | 2 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career History: | ||||
| Club | Season | Comp. | Apps (as sub) |
Goals |
| Chelsea | 2006 - 07 | League | 22 (8) | 4 |
| FA Cup | 5 (1) | 3 | ||
| League Cup | 4 (0) | 3 | ||
| Euro Cups | 9 (1) | 3 | ||
| AC Milan | 2005 - 06 | League | 27 (1) | 19 |
| Euro Cups | 11 (1) | 9 | ||
| AC Milan | 2004 - 05 | League | 27 (2) | 17 |
| Euro Cups | 9 (0) | 5 | ||
| AC Milan | 2003 - 04 | League | 30 (2) | 24 |
| Euro Cups | 10 (0) | 5 | ||
| AC Milan | 2002 - 03 | League | 18 (5) | 5 |
| Euro Cups | 11 (0) | 4 | ||
| AC Milan | 2001 - 02 | League | 28 (1) | 13 |
| Euro Cups | 6 (0) | 3 | ||
| AC Milan | 2000 - 01 | League | 33 (1) | 24 |
| Euro Cups | 14 (0) | 9 | ||
| AC Milan | 1999 - 00 | League | 30 (2) | 30 |
| Euro Cups | 8 (0) | 1 | ||
| Dynamo | 1998 - 99 | League | 28 (0) | 18 |
| Euro Cups | 8 (0) | 7 | ||
| Dynamo | 1997 - 98 | League | 23 (0) | 20 |
| Euro Cups | 6 (0) | 11 | ||
| Dynamo | 1996 - 97 | League | 20 (0) | 6 |
| Dynamo | 1995 - 96 | League | 31 (0) | 16 |
| Dynamo | 1994 - 95 | League | 16 (0) | 1 |
