Vyacheslav Shevchuk

Vyacheslav Shevchuk

Shevchuk with Ukraine in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk
Date of birth	(1979-05-13) 13 May 1979
Place of birth	Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Rukh Lviv (general manager)
Youth career
1986–1988	Volyn Lutsk
1988–1990	Zenit Saint Petersburg
1990–1993	Torpedo Moscow
1993–1996	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Kovel-Volyn Kovel	2	(0)
1996–1997	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	36	(0)
1998–2000	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	31	(1)
1999	→ Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	6	(0)
2000–2001	Shakhtar Donetsk	12	(0)
2000	→ Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	1	(0)
2001	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	13	(0)
2002	Metalurh Donetsk	2	(0)
2002	→ Metalurh-2 Donetsk	6	(0)
2002–2004	Shinnik Yaroslavl	50	(4)
2005	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	11	(1)
2005–2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	162	(4)
Total		332	(10)
International career
2003–2016	Ukraine	56	(0)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Shakhtar Donetsk U-17
2018–2019	Olimpik Donetsk
2021–2024	Veres Rivne (sporting director)
2024–	Rukh Lviv (general manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anatoliyovych and the family name is Shevchuk.

Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Анатолійович Шевчу́к, born 13 May 1979) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and manager, mainly known for his time as a player of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He was capped over 50 times for the Ukraine national football team.

Career

His position is at left back but he can also play as a central defender. Shevchuk has been a reliable back-up to Răzvan Raţ and has gradually increased his attacking play over the years.

During Shakhtar's victory over Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih on 7 August 2011, Shevchuk scored his first goal for the club when he drilled home the second goal in a 2–0 win.

To date, Shevchuk has won seven Ukrainian Premier League titles, four Ukrainian Cup finals and the UEFA Cup.

In December 2016, Shevchuk announced his retirement from football.

In September 2017, he began his coaching career, leading the Shakhtar U-17 team and received a UEFA Pro coaching diploma.

Since October 2018, he headed the Premier League FC Olimpik Donetsk. On 17 April 2019 Shevchuk left the post of head coach of FC Olimpik Donetsk.

On 23 November 2021 Shevchuk was appointed as sporting director of Veres Rivne.

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 December 2016

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	1996–97	20	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	0
	1997–98	16	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	1997–98	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0
	1998–99	5	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0
	1999–00	21	1	3	0	-	-	-	-	24	1
Shakhtar Donetsk	2000–01	11	0	4	0	7	0	-	-	22	0
	2001–02	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	2	0
Metalurh Donetsk	2001–02	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	2002	8	2	1	0	-	-	-	-	9	2
	2003	23	1	7	0	-	-	-	-	30	1
	2004	19	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	22	1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2004–05	11	1	2	0	2	0	-	-	15	1
Shakhtar Donetsk	2005–06	20	0	3	0	-	-	1	0	24	0
	2006–07	14	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	23	0
	2007–08	12	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	15	0
	2008–09	14	0	2	0	4	0	-	-	20	0
	2009–10	6	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	8	0
	2010–11	10	0	5	0	1	0	-	-	16	0
	2011–12	18	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	23	3
	2012–13	14	0	4	0	-	-	-	-	18	0
	2013–14	17	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	27	0
	2014–15	16	1	4	0	6	0	1	0	27	1
	2015–16	9	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
Total for Podillya Khmelnytskyi		36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
Total for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia		31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	34	1
Total for Metalurh Donetsk		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total for Shinnik Yaroslavl		50	4	9	0	2	0	0	0	61	4
Total for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk		11	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	1
Total for Shakhtar Donetsk		162	4	37	0	35	0	5	0	239	4
Career totals		292	10	51	0	39	0	5	0	387	10