Artem Milevskiy

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Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy (Ukrainian: Артем Володимирович Мілевський) (born on January 12, 1985 in Mazyr, Belarus) is a Ukrainian professional football forward of Belarusian descent who plays for Dynamo Kyiv in the Vyscha Liha. He was on the Ukraine under-21 sqaud that played in the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 which lost in the finals to Holland, and is currently on the senior Ukrainian national football team.

[edit] Club career

Artem Milevskiy plays under the number 25 in Dynamo Kyiv since 2002, when he transferred from FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil.^[1] Previous before he played in FC Borysfen Boryspil, he also played for FC Obolon' Kyiv. On September 6, 2007, Dynamo Kyivs' 80th anniversary, he scored a header in a 2-2 draw with A.C. Milan, a club friendly. Milevsky spent the majority of the 2007-2008 season with injury only making 11 appearances scoring 5 goals.^[2].

[edit] International career

Artem Milevskiy played for Belarus in UEFA U-16 Championship in 2000 before taking Ukrainian nationality.^{[citation needed]} He was part of Ukrianian U19 team who finished semi-finalists at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. In 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, Milevsky and the team finished as losing side of round 16.

[edit] Ukraine under-21

Milevsky was part of Ukraine's 2006 European U-21 Championship Squad, which finished as runners-up, and was picked by uefa.com journalists as a member of the "Team of the Tournament" as a striker alongside the Netherlands' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.^[3]

[edit] Senior Ukraine team

Chosen as a member of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup Squad, Milevsky earned his first cap for his country's senior side in the 2006 FIFA World Cup on June 19th against Saudi Arabia, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute for Ukraine's legendary Andriy Shevchenko. Ukraine won the match 4-0. In the second round match in which Ukraine faced Switzerland, Milevskiy was one of the three Ukrainian kickers who successfully scored their penalty following a grueling scoreless tie which spanned 120 minutes. Ukraine won the penalty shootout by a score of 3-0, but ended their 2006 World Cup campaign with a 3-0 loss to traditional powerhouse Italy in the quarter-finals.^[4]

Milevskiy scored his first goal for the senior Ukranian side on February 6, 2008 in a 1-1 draw with Cyprus.

[edit] Playing style

During 2006 Milevsky became known for his cheeky Panenka-style penalty taking at major tournaments. He scored in this way against the Netherlands at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship in Portugal as well as against Switzerland at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

[edit] References

1. ^ Profile on Offical Dynamo Website - see Statistics section, Accessed 2 Feb 2008
2. ^ Scores As Milan Share Spoils With Dinamo Kiev - Article on Goal.com, Accessed 2 Feb 2008
3. ^ uefa.com's Team of the Tournament Article on UEFA.com, 5 June 2006
4. ^ Switzerland vs. Ukraine moments Article on Soccerway.com, Accessed 2 Feb 2008

[edit] External links

• Player profile from the FC Dynamo Kyiv site
• Player profile from the 2006 FIFA World Cup site
• Video of Panenka-style penalty against the Netherlands Under-21
• Video of Panenka-style penalty against Switzerland

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