Andriy Shevchenko

Shevchenko was born in Dvirkivshchyna, Ukrainian SSR, in 1976,{{Hugman|26461|Andrei Shevchenko|access-date=6 June 2020}} into the family of Praporshchik Mykola Hryhorovych Shevchenko. In 1979, his family moved to the newly built neighbourhood in Kyiv – Obolon (Minsk District was created in 1975).{{cite web |url=http://www.lombardytophotels.com/it/sheva7.html |title=Sheva7 – Sito Ufficiale – Sheva7 |website=lombardytophotels.com |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124131426/http://www.lombardytophotels.com/it/sheva7.html |url-status=live }} In Kyiv, Shevchenko went to the 216th City School and in 1986 (aged 9) enrolled into the football section coached by Oleksandr Shpakov. Because of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, together with his sport group he was evacuated temporarily from the city. At an early age, he also was a competitive boxer in the LLWI Ukrainian junior league,{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/441854-sporting-heroes-why-andriy-shevchenko-is-the-brett-favre-of-soccer |title=Sporting Heroes: Why Andriy Shevchenko Is the Brett Favre of Soccer |first=Bryan |last=Sakakeeny |website=Bleacher Report |date=23 August 2010 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726051708/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/441854-sporting-heroes-why-andriy-shevchenko-is-the-brett-favre-of-soccer |url-status=live }} but eventually he elected to move on to football.{{Cite web|title=10 Things You Did Not Know About Andriy Shevchenko — thedreamteam on Scorum|url=https://scorum.com/en-us/football/@thedreamteam/10-things-you-did-not-know-about-andriy-shevchenko|access-date=9 May 2021|website=Scorum.com|date=22 September 2018 |language=en|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509100701/https://scorum.com/en-us/football/@thedreamteam/10-things-you-did-not-know-about-andriy-shevchenko|url-status=live}}

In 1986, Shevchenko failed a dribbling test for entrance to a specialist sports school in Kyiv, but happened to catch the eye of a Dynamo Kyiv scout while playing in a youth tournament, and was thus brought to the club. Four years later, Shevchenko was in the Dynamo under-14 team for the Ian Rush Cup (now the Welsh Super Cup); he finished as the tournament's top scorer and was awarded a pair of Rush's boots as a reward by the then-Liverpool player.{{cite news |last1=Chadband |first1=Ian |title=Shevchenko's debt to Reds hero Rush |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/shevchenko-s-debt-to-reds-hero-rush-7217352.html |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=Evening Standard |date=23 May 2005 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809063136/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/shevchenko-s-debt-to-reds-hero-rush-7217352.html |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko started out his professional career at age 16 when he came on for only 12 minutes as a substitute in a 0–2 home loss to the Odesa second team Chornomorets-2 Odesa on 5 May 1993. He was a substitute for the last six home games of the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League and did not score any goals. The next 1993–94 season in the second tier, Shevchenko was the top goalscorer for Dynamo-2 with 12 goals, and he made his first appearance in the starting XI. Shevchenko scored his first goal against Krystal Chortkiv in a 1–1 home draw on 7 October 1993. During the same season, he recorded his first hat-trick in a home game against Artania Ochakiv on 21 November 1993 which Dynamo-2 won 4–1. Shevchenko stayed with Dynamo-2 until the end of 1994 and was once again called up for one game in late 1996.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

He made his Vyshcha Liha debut for Dynamo Kiev on 8 November 1994 in an away game against Shakhtar Donetsk when he was 18. It was actually his second game for the senior squad overall after he had played a home game of the National Cup on 5 November 1994 against Skala Stryi. That year, Shevchenko became a national champion and a cup holder with Dynamo. He won his second league title the next season, scoring 6 goals in 20 matches. He scored a hat-trick in the first half of a 1997–98 UEFA Champions League away match against Barcelona, which Dynamo won 4–0;{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Dan |title=The night a young Andriy Shevchenko scored a hat-trick at the Camp Nou |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/11/29/the-night-a-young-andriy-shevchenko-scored-at-hat-trick-at-the-camp-nou/ |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=These Football Times |date=29 November 2018 |archive-date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216214916/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/11/29/the-night-a-young-andriy-shevchenko-scored-at-hat-trick-at-the-camp-nou/ |url-status=live }} no other visitor to the Camp Nou scored a Champions League treble until 2021.{{cite news |title=Champions League hits and misses: Erling Haaland rips through Sevilla, Kylian Mbappe puts Lionel Messi in the shade |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12220162/champions-league-hits-and-misses-kylian-mbappe-puts-lionel-messi-in-the-shade-liverpool-return-to-form |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=18 February 2021 |archive-date=17 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217140644/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12220162/champions-league-hits-and-misses-kylian-mbappe-puts-lionel-messi-in-the-shade-liverpool-return-to-form |url-status=live }} His 19 goals in 23 league matches and six goals in ten Champions League matches (including a hat-trick over two legs against Real Madrid) were followed by a total of 28 goals in all competitions in the 1998–99 season. He won the domestic league title with Dynamo in each of his five seasons with the club.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

In 1999, Shevchenko joined Italian club Milan for a then-record transfer fee of $25 million. He made his league debut on 28 August 1999 in a 2–2 draw with Lecce.{{cite news |title=Sheva ritorna dove è "nato" |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/primi_piani/calcio/2004/pp_1.0.297825652.shtml |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=29 August 1999 |access-date=8 November 2019 |language=it |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729105418/https://www.gazzetta.it/primi_piani/calcio/2004/pp_1.0.297825652.shtml |url-status=live }} Alongside five other players – Michel Platini, John Charles, Gunnar Nordahl, István Nyers, and Ferenc Hirzer – he managed, as a foreign player, to win the Serie A best goalscorer award in his debut season, finishing with 24 goals in 32 matches. Shevchenko maintained his excellent form into the 2000–01 season, scoring 24 goals in 34 matches, including nine goals in 14 Champions League games. During the same season, he also reunited with Kakha Kaladze as teammates when Milan signed the Georgian defender from Dynamo Kyiv in January 2001.{{cite news |title=AC Milan sign Kaladze |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/1134373.stm |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2001 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030222613/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/1134373.stm |url-status=live }}

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Despite netting only five times in 24 matches, mainly due to injuries, Shevchenko became the first Ukrainian-born player to win the Champions League after Milan lifted their sixth trophy in 2002–03. He scored the crucial away goal against rivals Inter Milan in the semi-final,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/3025815.stm |title=Shevchenko joy at Milan win |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2003 |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040107073629/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/3025815.stm |url-status=live }} and then scored the winning penalty in the shoot out against Juventus in the final, which had ended goalless after extra time.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/2934840.stm |title=Milan win Champions League shoot-out |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 May 2003 |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060645/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/2934840.stm |url-status=live }} Following Milan's Champions League victory, Shevchenko flew to Kyiv to put his medal by the grave of his former manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died in 2002. He also scored the winning goal in the 2003 UEFA Super Cup victory over Porto.{{cite web |title=2003 Super Cup: Shevchenko steals the show |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/2003/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=29 August 2003}} Shevchenko finished top goalscorer in Serie A in 2003–04 for the second time in his career, scoring 24 goals in 32 matches as Milan won the Scudetto for the first time in five years, leading to Milan's second trophy of the season.{{cite news |title=Ricordi i migliori bomber della stagione 2003-04? |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-a/2020/05/04/classifica-marcatori-serie-a-2003-2004#00 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=Sky Sport |date=4 May 2020 |language=it}} In August 2004, he scored three goals against Lazio as Milan won the Supercoppa Italiana.{{cite web |title=Tempesta Shevchenko sulla Lazio |url=https://it.uefa.com/news/01a0-0e6b06b239b5-2ead0b446406-1000--tempesta-shevchenko-sulla-lazio/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=14 March 2024 |language=it |date=21 August 2004}} Shevchenko capped off the year by being awarded the 2004 Ballon d'Or, becoming the third Ukrainian player ever to win the award after Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov.{{cite news |title=Shevchenko wins Ballon d'Or |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/13/newsstory.sport7 |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=13 December 2014 |archive-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927174554/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/13/newsstory.sport7 |url-status=live }} In the same year, Shevchenko was also inducted into the FIFA 100.{{cite news |title=The Fifa 100 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/04/newsstory.sport15 |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=4 March 2004 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619062913/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/04/newsstory.sport15 |url-status=live }}

He scored 17 goals in the 2004–05 season after missing several games with a fractured cheekbone. Shevchenko made Champions League history the following season; on 23 November 2005, he scored all four goals in Milan's 4–0 group stage drubbing of Fenerbahçe, becoming only the fifth player to accomplish this feat; his company includes Marco van Basten, Simone Inzaghi, Dado Pršo and Ruud van Nistelrooy (while Lionel Messi joined that group in the 2009–10 season and Robert Lewandowski in 2012–13 and 2019–20), and Shevchenko was the only player to have done it in an away game until Olivier Giroud did so for Chelsea, away to Sevilla, in the 2020–21 season.{{cite news |title=Sevilla 0-4 Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55135784 |access-date=3 April 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124174153/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55135784 |url-status=live }} Milan eventually lost the tournament when Shevchenko missed the deciding penalty in the final shoot-out against Liverpool.{{cite news |title=Champions League final clockwatch |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4579949.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 May 2005 |access-date=30 November 2008 }} In the 2005–06 Champions League, he scored his last Milan goal in the second leg of the quarter-final as they eliminated Lyon after a last-minute comeback in a 3–1 victory.{{cite news |title=AC Milan 3–1 Lyon (Aggregate: 3–1) |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4872268.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 April 2006 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=1 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101162317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4872268.stm |url-status=live }} In the semi-final, Milan lost to eventual winners Barcelona 1–0, a match where Shevchenko controversially had a last minute equaliser denied by the referee.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4933626.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |title=Barcelona 0–0 AC Milan (agg 1–0) |date=26 April 2006 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=3 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603133235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4933626.stm |url-status=live }} Despite this, he still ended up being the top scorer of the whole competition with 9 goals in 12 games.{{cite web |access-date=6 July 2005 |url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/ucl/2005/md13_1_6.pdf |title=Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 17 May 2006 (after match) |publisher=UEFA |date=17 May 2006 |archive-date=14 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914214315/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/ucl/2005/md13_1_6.pdf |url-status=dead }}

On 8 February 2006, Shevchenko became Milan's second highest all-time goalscorer, behind Gunnar Nordahl, after netting against Treviso.{{cite web |date=9 February 2006 |url=http://www.acmilan.com/NewsDetail_popup.aspx?idNews=24158&progr=14 |title=Sheva 56 Goals off Nordahl |publisher=AC Milan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903073043/http://www.acmilan.com/NewsDetail_popup.aspx?idNews=24158&progr=14 |archive-date=3 September 2009}} He finished the season as joint fourth-top scorer with 19 goals in 28 games. Shevchenko ended his seven-year stint with Milan with 175 goals in 296 games.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

During the summer of 2005, there were persistent reports that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich offered a record sum €73 million and striker Hernán Crespo to Milan in exchange for Shevchenko.{{cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-06-23/milan-reject-chelseas-world-record-bid-for/1599874 |title=Milan reject Chelsea's world record bid for Shevchenko |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=23 June 2005 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217175632/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-06-23/milan-reject-chelseas-world-record-bid-for/1599874 |url-status=live }} Milan refused the monetary offer but took Crespo on loan. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon was quoted as saying, "I think Shevchenko is the type of player we would like. At the end of the day to improve what we have got, it has to be a great player and Shevchenko certainly comes into that class."{{cite news |date=16 May 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4770643.stm |title=Mourinho set for Shevchenko fight |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=27 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427165234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4770643.stm |url-status=live }} Shevchenko cited that the persistence of Abramovich was a key factor in his move.{{cite news |date=29 July 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5226612.stm |title=Abramovich lured me – Shevchenko |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209023537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5226612.stm |url-status=live }} Milan, desperate to keep the striker, offered Shevchenko a six-year contract extension.{{cite news |title=none |newspaper=World Soccer |date=June 2006}}

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On 28 May 2006, Shevchenko left Milan for Chelsea for £30.8 million (€43.875 million{{cite book |date=April 2007 |title=AC Milan 2006 Annual Report |publisher=AC Milan |language=it |page=65}}{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Hayward |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/02/26/2928862/crisis-at-chelsea-inter-imploding-but-jose-mourinhos |title=Crisis at Chelsea & Inter imploding ... but Jose Mourinho's transfer policy is not to blame – and he's leaving a legacy at Real Madrid |website=Goal.com |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028173546/https://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/02/26/2928862/crisis-at-chelsea-inter-imploding-but-jose-mourinhos |url-status=live }}), topping Michael Essien's transfer fee from the previous year and also breaking the record for a player signed by an English club.{{cite news |date=31 May 2006 |access-date=8 November 2019 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5035604.stm |title=Chelsea complete Shevchenko deal |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726015915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5035604.stm |url-status=live }} He received the number seven shirt, as Chelsea manager José Mourinho said that Shevchenko could continue wearing it.{{cite web |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=391801&m=6&y=2006&nav=news&sub=latest+news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401220347/https://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=391801&m=6&y=2006&nav=news&sub=latest+news |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 April 2020 |title=It's No. 7 for Sheva |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |date=2 June 2006}}

Shevchenko made his debut for Chelsea on 13 August 2006 in the FA Community Shield, scoring his side's goal in a 2–1 loss to Liverpool.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4780739.stm|title=Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 August 2006|access-date=20 March 2025}} On 23 August, he scored his first Premier League goal – and his 300th in top-flight and international football – in a 2–1 loss to Middlesbrough.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5266168.stm|title=Middlesbrough 2-1 Chelsea|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Saj|last=Chowdhury|date=23 August 2006|access-date=20 March 2025}} He scored goals sporadically throughout the season, including equalisers against Porto and Valencia in the 2006–07 Champions League and another against London rival club Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup to help take his side into the semi-final.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6371399.stm|title=FC Porto 1-1 Chelsea|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Sam|last=Lyon|date=21 February 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}}
{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6534987.stm|title=Valencia 1-2 Chelsea|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Jonathan|last=Stevenson|date=10 April 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6461765.stm|title=Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea|publisher=BBC Sport|first=John|last=Sinnott|date=19 March 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}} He finished with a total of 14 from 51 games. During the campaign, he netted his 57th career goal in European competitions, leaving him second behind Gerd Müller on the all-time European goalscorers list, before Filippo Inzaghi made the record his own in the 2007–08 Champions League.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6201442.stm |title=Chelsea 2–0 Levski Sofia |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 December 2006 |access-date=8 November 2019 |first=Ian |last=Hughes |archive-date=9 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609220646/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6201442.stm |url-status=live }} Shevchenko's 2006–07 season was cut short due to injury and a hernia operation. He missed the Champions League semi-final against Liverpool and the FA Cup final against Manchester United at the new Wembley Stadium on 19 May 2007.{{cite news |title=Shevchenko will miss FA Cup final |work=Reuters |access-date=8 November 2019 |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-chelsea-shevchenko/shevchenko-to-miss-fa-cup-final-idUKL0739332120070507 |date=7 May 2007 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726025901/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-chelsea-shevchenko/shevchenko-to-miss-fa-cup-final-idUKL0739332120070507 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6649815.stm |title=FA Cup final – Chelsea 1–0 Man Utd: Match report |first=Andrew |last=McKenzie |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 May 2007 |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524094623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6649815.stm |url-status=live }} He did, however, start for Chelsea in the 2007 League Cup final victory over Arsenal in which he hit the crossbar which would have given Chelsea a 3–1 lead.{{cite news |title=Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6371613.stm |access-date=4 November 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 February 2007 |archive-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428223917/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/6371613.stm |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko was handed his first start of the 2007–08 season against Blackburn Rovers at home to cover for the injured Didier Drogba, but the game finished goalless.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6984879.stm|title=Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 September 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}} His first goal of the season came three days later, equalising for Chelsea in a match against Rosenborg, which turned out to be Mourinho's last game as manager of Chelsea.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6984879.stm|title=Chelsea 1-1 Rosenborg|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Phil|last=McNulty|author-link=Phil McNulty|date=18 September 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}} Throughout the season, Shevchenko was in and out of the starting line-up because of injuries and the appointment of Avram Grant following the departure of Mourinho. During the Christmas period, however, Shevchenko enjoyed a good run of form. He scored the first goal in Chelsea's 2–0 win over Sunderland,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7122773.stm|title=Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Nathan|last=Mercer|date=8 December 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}} and he was named man of the match in Chelsea's 4–4 draw against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, scoring twice (including a stunning 25-yard shot into the top left hand corner) and assisting Alex to make the score 3–2 in Chelsea's favour.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7157291.stm|title=Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Owen|last=Phillips|date=26 December 2007|access-date=20 March 2025}} Shevchenko scored his last goal in the 2007–08 season in a 1–1 draw with Bolton Wanderers.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7381780.stm|title=Chelsea 1-1 Bolton|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Paul|last=Fletcher|date=11 May 2008|access-date=20 March 2025}} He finished the season with five league goals in 17 games. Shevchenko also played a part in a pre-season match which was against his former team, Milan.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Shevchenko was not used very often in the starting line-up at Chelsea, and with the appointment of Luiz Felipe Scolari, he was deemed surplus to requirements. Due to this, Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani offered to take Shevchenko back to the San Siro and Shevchenko was loaned back to his old club for the 2008–09 season.{{cite news |title=Shevchenko completes Milan move |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7573135.stm |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 August 2008 |archive-date=28 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828040135/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7573135.stm |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko failed to score any league goals and only scored 2 goals in 26 appearances, starting only nine of those games. He returned to Chelsea for the final year of his four-year contract, where he was joined by his former Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti.{{cite news |title=Shevchenko is happy, says Ancelotti |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0822/253645-chelsea/ |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=RTÉ |date=22 August 2009 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174335/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0822/253645-chelsea/ |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko was not even on the bench for Chelsea's penalty shoot-out victory over Manchester United at Wembley at the weekend in the season-opening Community Shield.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/6014407/Andrei-Shevchenko-to-see-out-Chelsea-contract.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/6014407/Andrei-Shevchenko-to-see-out-Chelsea-contract.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Andrei Shevchenko to see out Chelsea contract |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 August 2009 |access-date=8 November 2019}}{{cbignore}} After making a late appearance for Chelsea in their second game of the 2009–10 season, Ancelotti announced that Shevchenko would be likely to leave Chelsea before the summer transfer window closed.{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/1250691539132/Schewtschenko-wechselt-nach-Kiew |language=de |title=Schewtschenko wechselt vom FC Chelsea nach Kiew |trans-title=Shevchenko switches from Chelsea to Kyiv |access-date=8 November 2019 |date=29 August 2009 |archive-date=4 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204225017/http://derstandard.at/1250691539132/Schewtschenko-wechselt-nach-Kiew |url-status=live }} Despite this, Ancelotti said it had nothing to do with his decision to leave Shevchenko out of Chelsea's 2009–10 Champions League squad, but just to continue playing first-team football.{{cite web |url=https://www.ksta.de/schewtschenko-will-chelsea-verlassen-13297536 |title=Schewtschenko will Chelsea verlassen |language=de |date=8 December 2006 |publisher=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306025324/http://www.ksta.de/schewtschenko-will-chelsea-verlassen-13297536 |url-status=live }}

On 28 August 2009, Shevchenko signed a two-year deal at his former club Dynamo Kyiv,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/aug/29/andriy-shevchenko-chelsea-dynamo-kyiv |title=Andriy Shevchenko leaves Chelsea to return to Dynamo Kyiv |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2009 |access-date=8 November 2019 |location=London |first=Dominic |last=Fifield |archive-date=1 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901103652/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/aug/29/andriy-shevchenko-chelsea-dynamo-kyiv |url-status=live }} and scored a penalty-goal in his first game upon returning to his former club against Metalurh Donetsk in Dynamo's 3–1 victory on 31 August. He was mostly used as a left winger and central midfielder, and was named left winger in the 2009 team of the season. On 16 September, Shevchenko played his first Champions League match after returning to Dynamo, against Rubin Kazan, in Dynamo's first game of the 2009–10 season. In October, he was named the best player of the Ukrainian Premier League. On 4 November, he scored a goal in the game against Inter Milan, cross-city rivals of his former club AC Milan, in the fourth game of the Champions League season. It was the 15th goal he had scored against Inter in his career.{{cite news |title=Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho applauds Andriy Shevchenko |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/6506185/Inter-Milan-coach-Jose-Mourinho-applauds-Andriy-Shevchenko.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/6506185/Inter-Milan-coach-Jose-Mourinho-applauds-Andriy-Shevchenko.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 November 2009}}{{cbignore}}

On 28 July 2012, Shevchenko announced that he was quitting football for politics.

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Shevchenko earned 111 appearances and scored 48 goals for the Ukraine national team, representing the country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He debuted in 1995 in a friendly match against Croatia

{{Cite news|script-title=uk:Шевченко 25 років тому дебютував за збірну України – болюча поразка від топ-суперника та втрата шансів на Євро|trans-title=Shevchenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team 25 years ago: A painful defeat against a top rival and loss of chances at the Euro|url=https://football24.ua/shevchenko_25_rokiv_tomu_debyutuvav_za_zbirnu_ukrayini__bolyucha_porazka_vid_top_supernika_ta_vtrata_shansiv_na_yevro_n593082/|website=Football24|date=25 March 2020|access-date=22 June 2024|language=uk}} and scored his first international goal in May 1996 in another friendly match against Turkey.{{Cite news|first=Chris|last=Davie|title=Shevchenko's 20-year Ukraine record broken by Oleksandr Zinchenko|url=https://www.goal.com/en-om/news/shevchenkos-ukraine-record-broken-by/1sj0mtlcjwe691fgx8t9zaht2h|website=Goal|date=19 September 2023|access-date=22 June 2024}}

Shevchenko scored six goals in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, to take his country to its first ever major tournament. He captained the team at the finals and scored in Ukraine's first ever World Cup win, a 4–0 defeat of Saudi Arabia.{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Church|title=Shevchenko helps Ukraine rediscover self-respect in refreshed formation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/20/worldcup2006.match |access-date=18 December 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=20 June 2006 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218003531/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/20/worldcup2006.match |url-status=live }} He then scored the winning goal from a penalty kick as Ukraine beat Tunisia 1–0{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Rob |title=Ukraine's Penalty Kick Trounces Tunisia, 1-0|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/sports/soccer/23cnd-ukraine.html |access-date=18 December 2021 |work=The New York Times|date=23 June 2006 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218003531/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/sports/soccer/23cnd-ukraine.html |url-status=live }} to qualify for the second round where, despite Shevchenko failing with their first kick, Ukraine knocked out Switzerland on penalties.{{cite news |title=Swiss misses spare Shevchenko blushes |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/inspiration/ski-holiday/swiss-misses-spare-shevchenko-blushes-mltk0sz07zq |access-date=18 December 2021 |work=The Times|date=27 June 2006 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218005033/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/swiss-misses-spare-shevchenko-blushes-mltk0sz07zq |url-status=live }} Ukraine were then beaten 3–0 by eventual champions Italy at the quarter-final stage.{{cite news |title=Italy 3-0 Ukraine |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991620.stm |access-date=18 December 2021|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 June 2006 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017171831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991620.stm |url-status=live }}

In a 21 December 2009 interview with UEFA, Shevchenko declared that he was keen to play in his home country at Euro 2012. "After a disappointing 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign, that is my new challenge, or even dream. I will do everything to achieve that."{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=938001.html |title=EURO dream fuels Shevchenko's fire |publisher=UEFA |date=21 December 2009 |access-date=8 November 2019}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In May 2012, Shevchenko was named in the Ukrainian squad for Euro 2012. In Ukraine's opening game, Shevchenko scored two headers to beat Sweden 2–1 in Group D.{{cite news |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/53900 |title=Euro 2012: Andrei Shevchenko revels in 'historic game' |newspaper=The New Times|date=12 June 2012 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029172558/https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/53900 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181299 |date=11 June 2012 |title=Ukraine 2–1 Sweden|publisher=BBC Sport]|access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=7 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607043139/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181299 |url-status=live }} After his country was eliminated from the group, Shevchenko announced he would retire from international football, having been Ukraine's youngest and oldest goalscorer and record marksman with 48 goals in 111 appearances.{{Cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/shevchenko-retire-national-side-223711024.html|title=Shevchenko to retire from national side |website=Yahoo! Sports |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=19 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621100607/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/shevchenko-retire-national-side-223711024.html |archive-date=21 June 2012}}

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A fast, hardworking, energetic, and well-rounded striker, Shevchenko was a prolific and highly opportunistic goalscorer, who was usually deployed as an out-and-out striker in a centre-forward role,{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/settembre/28/Cercasi_anima_gemella_per_Sheva_ga_10_0409287232.shtml |title=Cercasi anima gemella per Sheva |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |first=Andrea |last=Schianchi |date=28 September 2004 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015011250/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/settembre/28/Cercasi_anima_gemella_per_Sheva_ga_10_0409287232.shtml |url-status=live }} although he was capable of operating anywhere along the front line, and often played in a free role, in which he could attack from the left wing, and get past opposing defenders with his runs into the penalty area, courtesy of his pace and movement off the ball. He also occupied a wider position as an outright winger on the left flank at times, in particular at the beginning of his career, and also during his second stint with Dynamo Kyiv during his later years;{{cite news |url=https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/best2009/1265111746-simvolicheskaya-sbornaya-2009-go-goda-po-versii-chitateley-ua-futbol.html |title=Символическая сборная 2009-го года по версии читателей UA-Футбол |publisher=ua-football.com |language=ru |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015553/https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/best2009/1265111746-simvolicheskaya-sbornaya-2009-go-goda-po-versii-chitateley-ua-futbol.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.spaziomilan.it/2013/12/storia_sheva_manchester_istanbul_allenatore/ |title=Sheva: "Da Manchester a Istanbul, vi racconto il mio Milan da brividi. Allenare qui? Non si sa mai…" |website=spaziomilan.it |first=Daniele |last=Mariani |language=it |access-date=14 September 2015 |date=25 December 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925213011/http://www.spaziomilan.it/2013/12/storia_sheva_manchester_istanbul_allenatore/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/community/Magic_Cup/Primo_Piano/2008/12/20/ultime_full.shtml |title=Milan: Pirlo e Seedorf ok Genoa senza Milito a Verona |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |date=20 December 2008 |access-date=14 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925222125/http://www.gazzetta.it/community/Magic_Cup/Primo_Piano/2008/12/20/ultime_full.shtml |archive-date=25 September 2015}} he was also capable of playing on the right. Shevchenko was also effective from set-pieces,{{cite news |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/pirlo-e-punizioni-diavolo-ho-imparato-studiando-baggio.html |title=Pirlo e le punizioni da Diavolo: "Ho imparato studiando Baggio" |newspaper=Il Giornale |first=Franco |last=Ordine |language=it |date=10 December 2005 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026212156/https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/pirlo-e-punizioni-diavolo-ho-imparato-studiando-baggio.html |url-status=live }} and was an accurate penalty taker.{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Milan/primopiano/2005/maggio/24rigoristi.shtml |title=Pirlo e Sheva sono... di rigore |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |date=24 May 2005 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323125823/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadra/Milan/primopiano/2005/maggio/24rigoristi.shtml |url-status=live }} A strong and physical striker with a clinical eye for goal, he was primarily known for his excellent positional sense, movement off the ball, and finishing ability inside the box, as well as his composure in front of goal; moreover, he possessed a powerful and accurate shot with either foot, from both inside and outside the area. Although he was not known to take part in aerial duels frequently, he was also good in the air, due to his heading ability. Often compared by pundits to fellow former Milan striker Marco van Basten, although he was not as elegant as the Dutch forward, he also possessed good technical skills himself, which along with his pace and physicality, made him effective when dribbling or carrying the ball at speed on the run. Furthermore, despite mainly being a goalscorer, he was capable of playing off of his teammates and providing assists, in addition to scoring goals himself, due to his link-up play.{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2276064/milan-star-man-andrei-shevchenko |title=MILAN - STAR MAN - ANDREI SHEVCHENKO |work=Sky Sports |last1=O'Rourke |first1=Peter |access-date=14 March 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/485392-andriy-shenchenko-the-story-of-a-true-legend |title=Andriy Shevchenko: The Story of a True Legend in European Football |website=Bleacher Report |first=Parth |last=Pandya |date=7 October 2010 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223020433/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/485392-andriy-shenchenko-the-story-of-a-true-legend |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.pianetamilan.it/andriy-shevchenko/ |title=ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO |website=pianetamilan.it |language=it |access-date=15 October 2019 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015010135/https://www.pianetamilan.it/andriy-shevchenko/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/11/23/champions.groupe/ |title=Shevchenko hits four in Milan rout |publisher=CNN |date=23 November 2005 |access-date=15 October 2019 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015010115/http://www.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/11/23/champions.groupe/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.ea.com/it-it/games/fifa/fifa-19/ultimate-team/fut-icons#Q-Z |title=VI PRESENTIAMO I MOMENTI ICONA PRIME |publisher=Electronic Arts |language=it |access-date=15 October 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829212848/https://www.ea.com/it-it/games/fifa/fifa-19/ultimate-team/fut-icons#Q-Z |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rivistaundici.com/2016/10/27/il-rinascimento-degli-attaccanti-italiani/ |title=Il rinascimento degli attaccanti italiani |publisher=Rivista Undici |language=it-IT |last1=Giordano |first1=Francesco Paolo |date=27 October 2016 |access-date=14 March 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.esquire.com/it/sport/calcio/a26470725/piatek-paqueta-shevchenko-kaka/ |title=Piatek-Paquetá e Sheva-Kaká: trova le differenze |work=Esquire |language=it-IT |last1=Lippi |first1=Gabriele |date=23 February 2019 |access-date=14 March 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.corriere.it/sport/16_settembre_28/i-40-anni-andriy-shevchenko-ucraino-che-fece-sognare-milan-eb201fe4-85aa-11e6-be66-7ada332d8493.shtml |title=I 40 anni di Andriy Shevchenko, l'ucraino che fece sognare il Milan |work=Corriere della Sera |language=it |last1=Thoman |first1=Federico |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=14 March 2024 }}

Shevchenko is considered by several pundits to be one of the greatest strikers of all time, as well as one of the best footballers of his generation, and Ukraine’s greatest player ever.{{cite web |url=https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men/news/shevchenko-mastering-ukraines-transition |title=Shevchenko mastering Ukraine's transition |publisher=FIFA |date=4 October 2018 |access-date=27 March 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37618639/how-shevchenko-made-ukraine-shock-contenders-euro-2020 |title=How Shevchenko has made Ukraine the shock contenders at Euro 2020 |work=ESPN.com |date=2 July 2021 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/jun/12/euro-2012-andriy-shevchenko-ukraine |title=Euro 2012: Andriy Shevchenko beats the pain to become King of Ukraine |work=The Guardian |last1=James |first1=Stuart |date=12 June 2012 |access-date=27 March 2024 }} In 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration.

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In November 2012, Shevchenko initially refused to accept Football Federation of Ukraine's proposal to become head coach of the Ukraine national team.{{cite news |newspaper=Kyiv Post |agency=Interfax-Ukraine |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/sport/konkov-football-federation-still-searching-for-ukraine-manager-316350.html |title=Konkov: Football Federation still searching for Ukraine manager |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=19 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119180852/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/sport/konkov-football-federation-still-searching-for-ukraine-manager-316350.html |url-status=live }}

From 16 February to 15 July 2016, Shevchenko served as the assistant manager of the Ukraine national team. On 15 July 2016, Shevchenko was appointed as manager of the Ukraine national team. The 39-year-old replaced Mykhaylo Fomenko, whose four-year spell ended with elimination at the group stage of Euro 2016. He signed a two-year contract with the possibility of another two-year extension. Former Italy and Milan defender Mauro Tassotti, who was assistant coach when Shevchenko was at Milan, joined his coaching staff, as did former Dynamo coach Raúl Riancho, and former Milan Youth System coach Andrea Maldera.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36803667 |title=Andriy Shevchenko: Ukraine appoint former AC Mlian and Chelsea striker as manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 July 2016 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619222641/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36803667 |url-status=live }} On 14 October 2019, Shevchenko led Ukraine to qualify for Euro 2020 with a 2–1 home win over reigning European champions Portugal.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/ronaldo-nets-700th-career-goal-portugals-loss-ukraine/ |title=Ronaldo nets 700th career goal in Portugal's loss to Ukraine |website=Sportsnet |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014235205/https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/ronaldo-nets-700th-career-goal-portugals-loss-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Campionati-Esteri/14-10-2019/ronaldo-gol-numero-700-rigore-ucraina-arriva-altro-record-350259673526.shtml |title=Ronaldo, il gol numero 700 è di rigore. E in Ucraina arriva un altro record |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022050309/https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Campionati-Esteri/14-10-2019/ronaldo-gol-numero-700-rigore-ucraina-arriva-altro-record-350259673526.shtml |url-status=live }}

At UEFA Euro 2020, Shevchenko led Ukraine to reach the quarter-finals of the European Championship for the first time in their history.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/026a-129ae74e88f1-d5cf6cbe3270-1000--shevchenko-s-ukraine-magic/ |title=How Andriy Shevchenko has revitalised Ukraine |website=UEFA |date=29 June 2021 |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629072332/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/026a-129ae74e88f1-d5cf6cbe3270-1000--shevchenko-s-ukraine-magic/ |url-status=dead }} His side finished as one of the four best third-placed teams in the group stage, then beating Sweden in extra time in the round of 16 and suffering an exit to England in the next round. Despite Ukraine’s successful tournament, on 1 August 2021, he announced his departure from the post.{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2021/08/01/6106ca0c46163f59018b4589.html |title=Shevchenko announces end of Ukraine contract |website=Marca |date=1 August 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804134223/https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2021/08/01/6106ca0c46163f59018b4589.html |url-status=live }}

On 7 November 2021, Shevchenko was announced as the new head coach of Serie A side Genoa, following the club's takeover by US investment firm 777 Partners, replacing Davide Ballardini. He signed a contract until 2024 for the 18th-placed team who had won once in 12 games.{{cite web |url=https://genoacfc.it/shevchenko-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-genoa/ |language=Italian |publisher=Genoa C.F.C. |accessdate=7 November 2021 |date=7 November 2021 |title=SHEVCHENKO È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL GENOA |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107134244/https://genoacfc.it/shevchenko-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-genoa/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Andriy Shevchenko: Former Ukraine coach appointed as Genoa manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59198993 |access-date=18 December 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218002352/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59198993 |url-status=live }} Two weeks later, he lost 2–0 on his debut at home to Roma, managed by his former Chelsea boss José Mourinho.{{cite news |last1=Campanale |first1=Susy |title=Genoa 0-2 Roma: Felix brace ruins Shevchenko debut |url=https://football-italia.net/serie-a-genoa-0-2-roma-felix-brace-ruins-shevchenko-debut/ |access-date=18 December 2021 |publisher=Football Italia |date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128015749/https://football-italia.net/serie-a-genoa-0-2-roma-felix-brace-ruins-shevchenko-debut/ |url-status=live }} On 15 January 2022, Shevchenko was sacked after two months having won just one match and lost seven during the time.{{Cite web|title=UFFICIALE: Genoa, esonerato Shevchenko. Squadra affidata temporaneamente a Konko|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/ufficiale-genoa-esonerato-shevchenko-squadra-affidata-temporaneamente-a-konko-1633581|access-date=15 January 2022|website=www.tuttomercatoweb.com|archive-date=15 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115120626/https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/ufficiale-genoa-esonerato-shevchenko-squadra-affidata-temporaneamente-a-konko-1633581|url-status=live}}

In the late 1990s, Shevchenko and other teammates of Dynamo Kyiv publicly backed the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), whose members were the club's then-owner and president Hryhoriy Surkis and then-vice president Viktor Medvedchuk.{{cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2001/08/7/4362314/|title=Просто так получилось, что все футболисты "Динамо" – члены СДПУ(о)|publisher=Ukrayinska Pravda|access-date=14 May 2022|language=Russian|archive-date=14 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514202147/https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2001/08/7/4362314/|url-status=live}}{{cite book |title=Virtual Politics – Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World |first=Andrew |last=Wilson |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-300-09545-7 |page=103}}

After his retirement in June 2012, Shevchenko immediately joined Ukraine – Forward! (formerly known as Ukrainian Social Democratic Party){{cite news |date=28 July 2012 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/28/sport/football/shevchenko-retirement-politics-football/index.html |first=Dmytro |last=Gorshkov |title=Shevchenko trades football for politics |publisher=CNN |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024175122/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/28/sport/football/shevchenko-retirement-politics-football/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=28 July 2012 |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-ukraine-shevchenko/update-2-soccer-ukraines-shevchenko-gives-up-soccer-for-politics-idINL4E8IS05Q20120728 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123021156/https://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-ukraine-shevchenko/update-2-soccer-ukraines-shevchenko-gives-up-soccer-for-politics-idINL4E8IS05Q20120728 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 November 2018 |title=Ukraine's Shevchenko gives up soccer for politics |work=Reuters |access-date=8 November 2019}} and took second place on the party list for the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.{{cite news |date=2 August 2012 |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/oct-28-parliamentary-election/korolevska-recruits-acting-sports-stars-for-campaign-310929.html |title=Korolevska recruits acting, sports stars for campaign |newspaper=Kyiv Post |first=Oksana |last=Grytsenko |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=1 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101085828/https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/oct-28-parliamentary-election/korolevska-recruits-acting-sports-stars-for-campaign-310929.html |url-status=live }} This was in spite of him stating a month earlier that he wanted to coach after his playing career: "This is the world I understand, the world I want to stay in."{{cite news |first=Jeré |last=Longman |title=For Ukraine Striker, Ending Is Also a Beginning |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 June 2012 |page=B14}} In the election his party won 1.58% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.

Shevchenko became the Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine on 17 November 2022. He left the National Olympic Committee in January 2023 due to disagreement with the results of the election of its new President Vadym Gutzeit.

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Shevchenko's first name ({{lang|uk|Андрій}} in Ukrainian) has multiple ways of being transliterated from its original spelling in the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet; Andriy is the spelling used throughout the player's official web site.{{cite web |url=http://www.sheva7.com/ |title=www.sheva7.com |access-date=12 May 2007 |archive-date=24 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224042852/http://www.sheva7.com/ |url-status=live }} It has also been adopted by UEFA and FIFA and is the preferred spelling in most English publications.

Shevchenko is married to American model Kristen Pazik, daughter of baseball player Mike Pazik. The couple met at a Giorgio Armani afterparty in 2002 and married on 14 July 2004 in a private ceremony on a golf course in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |first=James |last=Eve |date=3 September 2006 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/03/newsstory.sport |work=The Guardian |location=London |title=The hired assassin |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=25 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925164448/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/03/newsstory.sport |url-status=live }}{{cite news |newspaper=Pravda |url=http://www.pravdareport.com/society/6314-shevchenko/ |title=American model wins most desirable Ukrainian football player |date=23 July 2004 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331050151/https://www.pravdareport.com/society/6314-shevchenko/ |url-status=dead }} As of 2006, the couple communicated in Italian as he did not speak English and she did not speak Russian.{{cite news |title=Shevchenko's decision wasn't walk in the park |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/shevchenko-s-decision-wasn-t-walk-in-the-park-1.1010276 |access-date=18 December 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=31 May 2006 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421222155/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/shevchenko-s-decision-wasn-t-walk-in-the-park-1.1010276 |url-status=live }} After his return to Dynamo Kyiv in August 2009, the couple declared that they want their children to learn Ukrainian.{{cite news |url=https://www.unian.info/society/263355-shevchenko-wants-his-children-speak-ukrainian.html |title=Shevchenko wants his children speak Ukrainian |agency=Ukrainian Independent Information Agency |date=8 September 2009 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331045526/https://www.unian.info/society/263355-shevchenko-wants-his-children-speak-ukrainian.html |url-status=live }}

The couple have four sons born between 2004 and 2014.[http://sport-ukr.segodnya.ua/football/andrey-shevchenko-priznalsya-kak-nazval-svoego-chetvertogo-syna-551139.html Андрій Шевченко зізнався, як назвав свого четвертого сина] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916082325/http://sport-ukr.segodnya.ua/football/andrey-shevchenko-priznalsya-kak-nazval-svoego-chetvertogo-syna-551139.html |date=16 September 2014 }} – Segodnya[http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/andriy_shevchenko_chotiri_razi_batko/ Andriy SHEVCHENKO – four times a father!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102151822/http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/andriy_shevchenko_chotiri_razi_batko/ |date=2 November 2014 }} – FC Dynamo Kyiv official page. Shevchenko commemorated his first son's birth by scoring the only goal against Sampdoria;{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/10/30/italy.milan/index.html |title=Shevchenko gives AC Milan victory |publisher=CNN |date=30 October 2004 |access-date=13 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207071501/http://www.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/10/30/italy.milan/index.html |archive-date=7 December 2008 |url-status=live}} Milan owner and former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi was the boy's godfather.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6723943.stm |title=Milan keen on Shevchenko signing |date=15 June 2007 |access-date=8 November 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=24 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224065710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6723943.stm |url-status=live }} The day after his second son's birth in 2006, Shevchenko scored in a 4–0 Chelsea victory over Watford and he and several of his teammates gathered and performed the popular "rock-the-baby" goal celebration as a tribute.{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Lovejoy |newspaper=The Sunday Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article634488.ece |title=Chelsea 4 Watford 0: Drogba treble floors Watford |date=12 November 2006 |access-date=13 May 2007 |location=London |archive-date=17 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217201248/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article634488.ece |url-status=dead }}

Shevchenko is a close friend of fashion designer Giorgio Armani, and has modelled for Armani and opened two boutiques with him in Kyiv. With his wife, he has started an e-commerce website called Ikkon.com, dedicated to men's fashion and lifestyle.

In June 2005, he became an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages charity.{{cite press release |url=https://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/news/shevchenko-pledges-support-for-sos-childrens-villa |title=Andriy Shevchenko pledges support for SOS Children's Villages |publisher=FIFA |date=16 June 2005 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726033702/https://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/news/shevchenko-pledges-support-for-sos-childrens-villa |url-status=live }} Shevchenko also has a foundation to support orphaned children.

In 2022, Shevchenko became an ambassador for United24, a government-supported aid organization in Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=28 September 2023 |title=Ukraine's Zelenskyy taps celebrities for roles as special adviser and charity ambassador |url=https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-soccer-andriy-shevchenko-volodymyr-zelenskyy-actor-mark-strong-4d053bf37346fceadb1af8e465f79a12 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009084143/https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-soccer-andriy-shevchenko-volodymyr-zelenskyy-actor-mark-strong-4d053bf37346fceadb1af8e465f79a12 |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko, an avid golfer, participated in his first professional golf tournament, the Kharkov Superior Cup, in September 2013.{{cite web |title=Andriy Shevchenko to make professional golf debut |date=11 September 2013 |access-date=8 November 2019 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/11/sport/golf/shevchenko-golf-ukraine-soccer/index.html |publisher=CNN |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726030159/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/11/sport/golf/shevchenko-golf-ukraine-soccer/index.html |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko represented the Rest of the World team against England for Soccer Aid on 8 June 2014.{{cite web |title=Soccer Aid 2014: Lineups, Celebrities, Date, Time, Live Stream and TV Info |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2087494-soccer-aid-2014-lineups-celebrities-date-time-live-stream-and-tv-info |website=Bleacher Report |date=6 June 2014}}

Besides his native Russian, Shevchenko also speaks English, Italian and to some extent Ukrainian. He has said that he is working to improve his Ukrainian.{{Cite web |title=Шевченко проще говорить о футболе на русском или итальянском |url=https://kp.ua/sport/554510-shevchenko-prosche-hovoryt-o-futbole-na-russkom-yly-ytalianskom |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=КП в Украине {{!}} КП в Україні {{!}} KP in Ukraine |language=ru |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111231415/https://kp.ua/sport/554510-shevchenko-prosche-hovoryt-o-futbole-na-russkom-yly-ytalianskom |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2 July 2021 |title=Перед матчем Украина — Англия Шевченко и Зинченко провели пресс-конференцию на русском языке (видео) |url=https://sharij.net/pered-matchem-ukraina-angliya-shevchenko-i-zinchenko-proveli-press-konferencziyu-na-russkom-yazyke-video |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=Шарий |archive-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703015735/https://sharij.net/pered-matchem-ukraina-angliya-shevchenko-i-zinchenko-proveli-press-konferencziyu-na-russkom-yazyke-video |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko has appealed for an end to the War in Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqbLvDWma04&t=267s|title="We need to stop this war" - Andriy Shevchenko discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine|website=YouTube|date=2 March 2022 |access-date=8 April 2022|archive-date=10 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410022454/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqbLvDWma04&t=267s|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0dGdmRvXzY |title=Shevchenko: Chelsea and Costa right to part ways |date=22 September 2017 |website=YouTube |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410022211/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0dGdmRvXzY&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}

Shevchenko features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he was on the cover of FIFA 2005,{{cite web |first=Fabio |last=Ornano |title=MondoPallone Racconta… I primi 20 anni di FIFA |url=https://www.mondosportivo.it/2012/11/15/mondopallone-racconta-i-primi-20-anni-di-fifa/ |website=mondopallone.it |access-date=8 November 2019 |language=it |date=15 November 2012 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726040242/https://www.mondosportivo.it/2012/11/15/mondopallone-racconta-i-primi-20-anni-di-fifa/ |url-status=live }} and was introduced as one of the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14 and was an Ultimate Team Legend until FIFA 18, when he became an Icon, as Legends were rebranded to Icons.{{cite web |title=Football Legends Coming to FIFA 14 Ultimate Team |url=https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-19/news/fifa-14-ultimate-team-legends |website=Electronic Arts |access-date=17 March 2015 |date=30 August 2013 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129071506/https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-19/news/fifa-14-ultimate-team-legends |url-status=live }}

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{{Main|List of international goals scored by Andriy Shevchenko}}

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Dynamo Kyiv{{Cite web|title=Ukraine - A. Shevchenko - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/coaches/andriy-shevchenko/696/|access-date=21 June 2021|website=uk.soccerway.com|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520063210/https://uk.soccerway.com/coaches/andriy-shevchenko/696/|url-status=live}}

• Vyshcha Liha: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Ukrainian Cup: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2011
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 1996,{{cite web|title=Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1996|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis96.html|access-date=28 June 2019|website=rsssf.org|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006203701/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis96.html|url-status=live}} 1997, 1998{{cite web|title=Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1998|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis98.html|access-date=28 June 2019|website=rsssf.org|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006192206/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis98.html|url-status=live}}

AC Milan

• Serie A: 2003–04
• Coppa Italia: 2002–03
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2004
• UEFA Champions League: 2002–03;{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/71176--juventus-vs-milan/ |title=2002/03, Final: Juventus 0–0 Milan: Overview |publisher=UEFA |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602233408/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/71176--juventus-vs-milan/ |url-status=live }} runner-up: 2004–05{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/80813--milan-vs-liverpool/ |title=2004/05, Final: Milan 3–3 Liverpool: Overview |publisher=UEFA |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606211313/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/80813--milan-vs-liverpool/ |url-status=live }}
• UEFA Super Cup: 2003{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/71256--milan-vs-porto/lineups/?iv=true |title=Final: Milan 1–0 Porto: Line-ups |publisher=UEFA |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606200915/https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/71256--milan-vs-porto/lineups/?iv=true |url-status=live }}

Chelsea

• FA Cup: 2006–07
• Football League Cup: 2006–07
• UEFA Champions League: runner-up: 2007–08{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/301604--man-united-vs-chelsea/ |title=2007/08, Final: Man. United 1–1 Chelsea: Overview |publisher=UEFA |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603000306/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/301604--man-united-vs-chelsea/ |url-status=live }}

Individual

• Ballon d'Or: 2004{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy04.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2004 |first=José Luis |last=Pierrend |date=26 March 2005 |website=rsssf.org |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923163335/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy04.html |url-status=live }}
• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1997,{{Cite web|title=Ukraine - Player of the Year Awards|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oekrpoy.html|access-date=21 June 2021|website=rsssf.org |archive-date=2 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702004037/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oekrpoy.html|url-status=live}} 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
• CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1997 (shared)
• CIS Cup Team of the Competition: 1997{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis97.html |title=Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1997 |date=25 November 1999 |website=rsssf.org |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829035905/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis97.html |url-status=live }}
• Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year: 1997
• UEFA Champions League top scorer: 1998–99 (8 goals), 2005–06 (9 goals)
• ESM Team of the Year: 1999–2000,{{cite web|last=Stokkermans|first=Karel|date=14 March 2007|title=ESM XI|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/esm-xi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315073244/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/esm-xi.html|archive-date=15 March 2007|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} 2003–04, 2004–05
• UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 1998–99{{Cite web|last=UEFA.com|date=1 May 2011|title=UEFA Club Football Awards|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0250-0c50f41f3c36-73a920d50345-1000--uefa-club-football-awards/|access-date=21 June 2021|website=UEFA|language=en|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206010740/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/awards/news/0250-0c50f41f3c36-73a920d50345-1000--uefa-club-football-awards/|url-status=live}}
• ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 2000, 2004, 2005 {{cite web|url=http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200112/http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=WebArchive |title=Eastern European Footballer of the season|access-date=5 July 2024 }}
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2004,{{Cite web|last=UEFA.com|title=Team Of The Year: 2004|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/video/021c-0e664bae8893-319384e3e677-1000--team-of-the-year-2004/|access-date=21 June 2021|website=UEFA|language=en|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625044754/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/video/021c-0e664bae8893-319384e3e677-1000--team-of-the-year-2004/|url-status=live}} 2005{{Cite web|last=UEFA.com|title=Team Of The Year: 2005|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/video/021c-0e664bdee7e4-5e7f864005e4-1000--team-of-the-year-2005/|access-date=21 June 2021|website=UEFA|language=en|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512193502/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/video/021c-0e664bdee7e4-5e7f864005e4-1000--team-of-the-year-2005/|url-status=live}}
• Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 2000{{Cite web|date=2 October 2000|title=A Francesco Totti l'Oscar del calcio|url=https://www.repubblica.it/online/campionato/oscar/oscar/oscar.html?ref=search|access-date=2 March 2021|website=la Repubblica|language=it-IT|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518191552/http://www.repubblica.it/online/campionato/oscar/oscar/oscar.html?ref=search|url-status=live}}
• Serie A top scorer: 1999-00 (24 goals), 2003–04 (24 goals)
• Serie A Goal of the Year: 2004{{cite web |url=http://www.acmilan.com/it/news/show_photo/1/951 |title=GLI OSCAR DEL CALCIO: SHEVA AUTORE DEL GOL PIU' BELLO |publisher=AC Milan |date=25 January 2005 |language=it |access-date=15 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523184344/http://www.acmilan.com/it/news/show_photo/1/951 |archive-date=23 May 2012}}
• Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States Footballer of the Year: 2004,{{Cite web|title="ЗВЕЗДА"• Приз "СЭ": ЛУЧШИЙ ФУТБОЛИСТ СТРАН БЫВШЕГО СССР• КТО ЗА КОГО ГОЛОСОВАЛ• ПОБЕДИТЕЛИ 2004 - 2008• ИТОГИ ГОЛОСОВАНИЯ-2009|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2010-01-11/8_2/|access-date=21 June 2021|website=sport-express.ru|language=ru|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204135/https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2010-01-11/8_2/|url-status=live}} 2005
• Golden Foot: 2005{{Cite web|title=Golden Foot - Winners|url=https://goldenfoot.com/winners|access-date=1 December 2020|website=goldenfoot.com|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222012029/http://goldenfoot.com/winners/|url-status=dead}}
• FIFPro World XI: 2005{{cite web|title=FIFPro World XI 2004/2005|url=http://fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2004-2005|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701201129/http://fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2004-2005|archive-date=1 July 2014}}
• FIFA 100{{cite web|title=FIFA 100|url=http://www.bestfootballplayersever.com/fifa100.php|work=Best Football Players Ever|access-date=21 June 2021|archive-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220002720/http://www.bestfootballplayersever.com/fifa100.php|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=4 March 2004|title=The Fifa 100|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/04/newsstory.sport15|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619062913/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/04/newsstory.sport15|url-status=live}}
• AC Milan Hall of Fame{{cite web |url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/andriy-shevchenko |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=AC Milan |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=8 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208220044/http://www.acmilan.com/it/archive/hall_of_fame |url-status=live }}
• Pallone d'Argento: 2003–04 {{cite web |url=http://ussi.it/2016/a-florenzi-il-pallone-dargento-coppa-giaime-fiumano/ |title=A Florenzi il "Pallone d'Argento" Coppa Giaimè Fiumano |publisher=Unione Stampa Sportiva Italiana |language=it |date=8 May 2016 |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326175758/http://ussi.it/2016/a-florenzi-il-pallone-dargento-coppa-giaime-fiumano/ |url-status=live }}
• L'Équipe Team of the Year: 2004, 2005.{{cite web |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/dicembre/27/Equipe_sceglie_italiani__ga_10_0412276678.shtml |title=Ultime notizie sportive |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=27 December 2004 |language=it |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527003814/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/dicembre/27/Equipe_sceglie_italiani__ga_10_0412276678.shtml |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ultime notizie sportive |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2005/dicembre/28/Shevchenko_Kaka_Maldini_nell_undici_ga_10_0512285292.shtml |date=28 December 2005 |language=it |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527001240/http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2005/dicembre/28/Shevchenko_Kaka_Maldini_nell_undici_ga_10_0512285292.shtml |url-status=live }}
• World Soccer's 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century{{Cite magazine|date=December 1999|title=Century of Soccer: Readers' Poll|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html|magazine=World Soccer|publisher=England Football Online|pages=12–17|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210404034430/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html|url-status=live}}
• FIFA World Player of the Year
• 7th place (1999){{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |title=FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 |accessdate=25 July 2024 |url-status=live |website=rsssf.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112042845/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 }}
• 5th place (2000){{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |title=FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 |accessdate=25 July 2024 |url-status=live |website=rsssf.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 }}
• 9th place (2001){{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |title=FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 |accessdate=25 July 2024 |url-status=live |website=rsssf.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 }}
• 10th place (2003){{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |title=FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 |accessdate=25 July 2024 |url-status=live |website=rsssf.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 }}
• 3rd place (2004){{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#player10 |title=FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 |publisher=RSSSF |accessdate=25 July 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 }}
• 6th place (2005){{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#player10 |title=FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 |publisher=RSSSF |accessdate=25 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 }}
• World's best man national coach of the decade 2011–2020, ranked by IFFHS: 17th place{{Cite web |url=https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/899 |title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST MAN NATIONAL COACH OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=2024-06-01 |lang=en}}
• IFFHS World's Best National Coach:
• 8th place (2019){{Cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/126 |title=THE WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL COACH : FERNANDO SANTOS (PORTUGAL)|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=2024-06-01 |lang=en}}
• 9th place (2020){{Cite web |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/821 |title=THE WORLD'S BEST MAN NATIONAL COACH 2020 - DIDIER DESCHAMPS (FRANCE)|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=2024-05-31 |lang=en}}
• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2023{{Cite web |date=6 November 2024 |title=Hall of Fame del calcio italiano: tra i premiati De Rossi, Spalletti e Shevchenko |url=https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/italia/2024/11/06-134993649/hall_of_fame_del_calcio_italiano_tra_i_premiati_de_rossi_spalletti_e_shevchenko |access-date=11 November 2024 |website=Corriere dello Sport |language=it}}

• 50px Hero of Ukraine: 2004{{cite web | url=http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1591%2F2004 | title=Про присвоєння А. Шевченку звання Герой України | date=31 December 2004 | access-date=29 September 2020 | language=uk | newspaper=Офіційний Вебпортал Парламенту України | archive-date=26 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426224949/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1591/2004 | url-status=live }}
• 50px Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia: 2018{{cite tweet |user=jksheva7 |number=1000368190420025345 |title=Today, at the Embassy of Italian Republic in Ukraine, Andriy Shevchenko was awarded an order of L'Ordine Della Stella D'Italia. This high award was presented by the Italian Ambassador in Ukraine - Mr Davide La Cecilia. |website=twitter.com |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=uk |date=26 May 2018 }}
• 30pxNational Legend of Ukraine (2022){{cite web | url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5882022-43669 | title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №588/2022 "Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України "Національна легенда України"" | date=20 August 2022 | access-date=6 January 2025 | language=uk | newspaper=Офіс Президента України }}

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