Up Close and Personal of Team Ukraine: feat. Yatsenko, Chirgynskiy, Milevskiy, Shust
Time to take a look at our fine young players, our rookies, our future. Ukraine has 4 players on their team that can be considered ‘rookies’ in the national spectrum. All 4 of these guys are eligible for the Gillete Best Young Player Award, which you will be able to vote for on the official FIFA World Cup website. Here is a short summery on these lads;
OLEKSANDR YATSENKO
Position: Defender
Current Club: FC Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Date for Birth: 24 February 1985
Height: uknown
Weight: uknown
Caps: 1
Goals: 0
Number: 3
Yatsenko was drafted into the Ukrainian squad as a replacement for defensive lynchpin Serhyi Fedorov, who was forced to withdraw on 22 May with a hip injury. It was with Fodorov’s club, Dynamo Kyiv, that Yatsenko began his career, although he moved on at the start of season 2005/06 and now plays for the lesser-known Ukrainian outfit FC Kharkiv.
The defender, who turned 21 in February of this year, captained his national U-20 side at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands, a competition in which Ukraine reached the Finals. A senior international debut followed in Ukraine’s 1-0 friendly win over Japan on 12 October 2005 and he arrives in Germany as one of the youngsters eligible for the Gillette Best Young Player award.
DMYTRO CHIGRYNSKIY
Position: Defender
Current Club: Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Date for Birth: 7 November 1985
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 81 kg
Caps: 11
Goals: 2
Number: 13
The Shakhtar Donetsk star may have played just twenty professional matches, but he has already broken through into Oleg Blokhin’s squad. It speaks volumes about the ability of this young man who came through Shakhtar’s youth system before really showing his quality while out on loan to FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhja during the 2005/2006 season. Spotted at a young age by the national coach, he already has 11 caps under his belt. A solid and uncompromising defender, this tall defender is also effective at the other end of the pitch, as his two international goals and a further pair in the Ukrainian championship testify.
ARTEM MILEVSKIY
Position: Forward
Current Club: Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
Date for Birth: 12 January 1985
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 78 kg
Caps: 0
Goals: 0
Number: 15
An impressive combination of power and elegance, Artem Milevskiy’s style is not unlike that of Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Well built (1.90m) but pacy with it, this forward is, at 21, already a vital cog in the Dynamo Kiev first team. A product of the Smena academy in Minsk, Milevskiy played a key role in the qualification of Belarus for the UEFA U-16 European Championship in 2000, before opting to take Ukrainian nationality.
Blessed with superb ball control and great vision, Milevskiy can also play as a striker. Indeed, at the FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005, he caught the eye as one half of a remarkable strike duo with compatriot Oleksandr Aliiev.
As yet uncapped at senior level, he could prove to be a useful joker in coach Oleg Blokhin’s pack.
BOHDAN SHUST
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Date for Birth: 4 March 1986
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Caps: 2
Goals: 0
Number: 23
Already boasting a wealth of experience despite being only 20, the young Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper arrives in Germany basking in the glow of a Ukrainian championship medal success in his first professional season.
Having managed to convince his club coach Mircea Lucescu to give him his opportunity, Shust grabbed it with both hands and in five appearances, showcased his great reflexes and command of his six-yard box.
After keeping goal for Ukraine in four matches at the FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005, he has already been capped once at the highest level by Oleg Blokhin, on 28 February against Azerbaijan (0-0).
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I just saw Milevskiy play in a disappointing loss to the Dutch (shades of the loss in the finals of Euro 88:(. But Milevsiy has great potential. He should be a great asset to the team in the Cup. Hopefully, he is going to be healthy.
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ya, so i heard, we sorta got our asses handed to us in the U-21 eh ? But then again, at least they went to the finals, still a great achievement for the youngsters. I didnt watch it, how did Yatsenko perform ?
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I don’t think it was a beating by any stretch. In the first half, Ukraine hit the post twice and the Dutch goalkeeper played pretty well to keep 3 or 4 point-blank chances from becoming goals. On the other hand, the Dutch were able to score 1 goal from the run of play. Also, they scored from the penalty spot after an obvious handball by one of the defenders. Still, it could have been 2:2 at halftime.
In the second half, one of the Ukranian players was sent off on a rather questionable 2nd yellow card. Dutch players played just as physical (if not more) than Ukranian players. As you can imagine, they had a hard time going forward with 10 men. But they did, anyway, and Milevskiy still created a couple of chances, but could not score.
Overall, I think the Dutch deserve the victory, they were better at finishing those moments Ukraine could not finish. But I really like the upside of the Ukranian team.
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A 3-0 loss in the Final? I seem to remember that happening to some team in 1998. Then they won the next World Cup. Getting to the final was an excellent experience for the young Ukrainians. The four incoming players will be very hungry for wins in Germany!
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It was an exciting game… in my opinion the final score should have been 5-3 for Ukraine.
I think it was Chigrinsky who missed the ball and left Holland’s #9 open for the first goal, and either Chigrinsky or Yatsenko who handled in the air off a cross leading to a yellow card & the second goal from the spot. Had he not handled, it was a sure goal.
Otherwise, it was a valiant effort, and even with one less man, Ukraine kept on coming.
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