Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Shovkovskiy
Date of birth	2 January 1975 (1975-01-02) (age 34)
Place of birth	Kiev, Soviet Union
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	1
Youth career
	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–	Dynamo Kyiv	319 (0)
National team2
1994–	Ukraine	085 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Shovkovskiy (Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Шовковський) (born 2 January 1975 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian professional football goalkeeper. He has played for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Vyscha Liha the top level of Ukrainian football, since 1994.

[edit] Career

[edit] Dynamo Kyiv

Shovkovskiy is a graduate of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy. Since his teenage years and up until now Oleksandr Shovkovskiy has played for only one club. In fact he has more caps for the club than anybody else in the history of Dynamo. After advancing from one age group youth team to another, this talented young goalkeeper made his way to the first squad of the Ukrainian giants Dynamo where he made his debut in a league fixture in 1993. By next year he was already called up to the Ukraine national football team. Throughout the majority of his career he was the first choice goalkeeper for Dynamo, except for a few brief periods caused by injuries. The goalkeeper's fame came to him as he became notorious for saving penalties, which made him popular in the media and among fans.

[edit] International career

Shovkovskiy was the first-choice keeper for Ukraine at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Notably, he saved two spot kicks in the penalty shootout against Switzerland in their second-round match, which sent Ukraine through to the quarterfinals; Shovkovskiy was subsequently awarded the man of the match award. Also more recently Oleksandr was voted player of the tournament in early 2008, in a Channel One Cup in Israel, which was won by Dynamo in a notorious game against the club's top rival Shakhtar Donetsk. During this game in a series of penalty kicks, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi saved 3 kicks and almost single-handedly won the match. Oleksandr Shovkovskyi also holds a record for being the third most capped player in the Ukrainian national team after Andriy Shevchenko and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.

[edit] Honours

Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Premier League : 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009

Ukrainian Cup : 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Ukrainian Super Cup : 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009

[edit] External links

• Oleksandr Shovkovskiy at FC Dynamo
• Shovkovskyi's official personal website

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