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Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko

Ukrainian former professional footballer Andriy Shevchenko scored 48 goals in 111 appearances for the Ukraine national football team. He is the team's all-time top goalscorer, and the third most-capped Ukrainian international. He made his debut for his country in a 4–0 loss to Croatia in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying match in March 1995. He did not score his first goal until May 1996, however, when he scored in a friendly against Turkey. During the UEFA section of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Shevchenko scored nine goals in the qualifying group and captained the side to a second-place finish behind Poland. In the group stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine's first as an independent nation, he scored one goal against Saudi Arabia in a 4–0 victory, and another goal against Tunisia in a 1–0 victory. He scored his final international goal in the 55th minute of a UEFA Euro 2012 group stage match against Sweden, which ended as a 2–1 victory for Ukraine. (Full list...)

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