Andriy Shevchenko Quotes

• Each game we approach like a final. Today it was the opening game at home, we won and showed outstanding football qualities. We will be preparing for the next game the same way.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• My fitness is good. I hope to improve it even further during training.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan’s San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there – and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• We are playing at home, with full stadiums and passionate fans. It will be very special moment for me.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• It will be hard for us and it will be an achievement just to get out of the group stages and through to the quarterfinals, but I am personally dreaming of reaching the final!

  Andriy Shevchenko

• There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• I would like to thank everyone who supported me to be fit for the Euros. I had some fitness problems before the tournament, but I am here now!

  Andriy Shevchenko

• I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• I still follow Chelsea’s fortunes. It’s an important game for both clubs on Sunday but I hope Chelsea win, of course.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

  Andriy Shevchenko

• In England everyone puts a lot of pressure on you when you have cost a lot of money.

  Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko (11)

Birth:	29th September, 1976
Nationality:	Ukrainian
Profession:	Football Player, Politician

About

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a former Ukrainian footballer and politician. He is the third-highest goalscorer in Champions League history with 59 goals as of 10 March 2011, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. Shevchenko is ranked as the third top goalscorer in all European competitions with 67 goals. With a tally of 175 goals scored for Milan, Shevchenko is the second most prolific player in the history of the club, and is also the all-time second-best scorer of the Derby della Madonnina  with 14 goals. In addition, he is the all-time top scorer for the Ukrainian national team with 48 goals. He won the UEFA Champions League in 2003 with Milan, and he has also won various league and cup titles in Ukraine, Italy, and England. He is also a UEFA Champions League runner-up in 2005 and 2008. He was standing for election to the Ukrainian Parliament in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. But his party failed to win parliamentary representation.

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