Artem Milevskyi

{{short description|Ukrainian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Artem Milevskyi

| fullname = Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi

| image = Artem Milevskyy-ua.jpeg

| image_size = 280px

| caption = Milevskyi in 2011

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|1|12}}

| birth_place = Minsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus)

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Second striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthclubs1 = Smena Minsk

| youthclubs2 = Obukhiv

| youthyears1 = 1998–2000

| youthyears2 = 2000–2001

| years1 = 2001–2002

| clubs1 = Borysfen-2 Boryspil

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2002–2013

| clubs2 = Dynamo Kyiv

| caps2 = 178

| goals2 = 57

| years3 = 2002–2004

| clubs3 = → Dynamo-2 Kyiv

| caps3 = 54

| goals3 = 18

| years4 = 2002

| clubs4 = → Dynamo-3 Kyiv

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = Gaziantepspor

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2014–2015

| clubs6 = Hajduk Split

| caps6 = 21

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = RNK Split

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = Concordia Chiajna

| caps8 = 13

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2016–2017

| clubs9 = Tosno

| caps9 = 17

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2017–2018

| clubs10 = Dynamo Brest

| caps10 = 29

| goals10 = 8

| years11 = 2018

| clubs11 = Kisvárda

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2019–2020

| clubs12 = Dynamo Brest

| caps12 = 53

| goals12 = 10

| years13 = 2021

| clubs13 = Mynai

| caps13 = 10

| goals13 = 0

| totalcaps = 400

| totalgoals = 105

| nationalteam1 = Belarus U16

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2001–2002

| nationalteam2 = Ukraine U17

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 5

| nationalyears3 = 2003–2006

| nationalteam3 = Ukraine U21

| nationalcaps3 = 31

| nationalgoals3 = 7

| nationalyears4 = 2006–2012

| nationalteam4 = Ukraine

| nationalcaps4 = 50

| nationalgoals4 = 8

| pcupdate = 12 May 2021

| ntupdate = 24 December 2020

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|UKR}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}

{{Medal|B|2004 Switzerland|}}

{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-21 Championship|}}

{{Medal|Runner-up|2006 Portugal|}}

}}

{{family name hatnote|Volodymyrovych|Milevskyi|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi (also transliterated Milevskyy, {{langx|uk|Артем Володимирович Мілевський}}, {{langx|be|Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі}}; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a second striker.{{Soccerway|artem-milevskiy/694|accessdate=19 January 2021}}

Milevskyi is known both for his technical ability and physicality which allows him to play with a quicker forward.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/jonathan_wilson/06/03/euro.2012.ukraine.preview/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616121011/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/jonathan_wilson/06/03/euro.2012.ukraine.preview/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2012|title=Euro 2012: Ukraine|publisher=Sports Illustrated|author=Jonathan Wilson|access-date=5 June 2012}} He holds a degree of Master of Sports of Ukraine, International Class (2005).

He was also a Ukrainian international, earning 50 caps and representing his country at 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

Milevskyi is a brother of Belarusian female tennis player Ksenia Milevskaya.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0236-0e1677d61ea9-e7a5ba3b7978-1000--europe-s-footballing-brothers-and-sisters/|title=Europe's footballing brothers and sisters|publisher=UEFA|date=9 February 2017|access-date=27 September 2018}}

Club career

=Early career and Dynamo Kyiv=

Milevskyi played at youth level for Belarusian club Smena Minsk. In 2000, he moved to Ukrainian side Boryfsfen Boryspil before joining Dynamo Kyiv in 2002. He made his debut for Dynamo as a late substitute in a UEFA Champions League match against Internazionale on 10 December 2003, aged just 18. It was his only appearance of the 2003–04 season. The next season, he also only made one appearance, this time in the Ukrainian Premier League against Chornomorets Odesa. In the 2005–06 season, Milevskyi began to show his talent for Dynamo, scoring 4 goals in 13 appearances.

In 2006, Milevskyi was voted best footballer in Ukraine for the month of August, in a traditional survey by football journalists, head coaches and captains conducted by sports newspaper Komanda.[http://www.ukrainiansoccer.net/?controller=publication&action=item&id=48068 Milevskyi makes double] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072450/http://www.ukrainiansoccer.net/?controller=publication&action=item&id=48068 |date=19 July 2011 }}; Ukrainiansoccer.net, 5 September 2008 He scored 8 goals in 21 appearances as Dynamo went unbeaten domestically during the 2006–07 season.

File:Artem Milevskiy.jpg

On 6 September 2007, in the club's 80th anniversary, Milevskyi scored a header in a 2–2 friendly draw with Milan. However, he spent the majority of the 2007–08 season injured, making just 11 appearances (and scoring 5 goals) as Dynamo finished as runners-up to champions Shakhtar Donetsk.

On 6 August 2008, Milevskyi scored a crucial penalty against Drogheda United in the second leg of the Champions League second qualifying round to put Dynamo 2–1 up, in a final 2–2 home draw (4–3 win on aggregate). One week later, he scored twice and assisted to help Dynamo come back from 1–0 down against Spartak Moscow in the competition's third qualifying round, in a 4–1 away triumph. In the return leg, he scored another brace in another 4–1 victory. He finished the 2008–09 season with a career high 18 goals in 41 appearances. The next season, he beat his career high tally for goals, scoring 19 in 37 appearances in all competitions.

On 31 October 2010, Dynamo defeated Mariupol Illichivets 9–0, with Milevskyi scoring his first hat-trick and finishing the match with four goals. He went on to score 13 more goals that season as Dynamo reached the semi-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, losing to Braga.

Milevskyi's Dynamo career took a turn for the worse in the 2011–12 season as goals and form began to dry up and his playing time took a big hit. He still managed 9 goals and 13 assist in 29 appearances, but cracks began to show in both his attitude and fitness. The next season was poorer for Milevskyi as he made just 15 appearances and scored 0 goals. He was released by Dynamo at the end of the 2012–13 season.

=Gaziantepspor=

Milevskyi signed a three-year contract with Gaziantepspor during the summer of 2013.{{cite web|title=ARTEM MILEVSKYI - PLAYER DETAILS TFF|url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1632935|publisher=Turkish Football Federation|access-date=19 January 2021|language=en}}{{cite web|title=ARTEM MILEVSKIY GAZ�ANTEPSPOR''DA|url=http://www.gaziantepspor.org.tr/tr/haber-detay.asp?Sayfa=ARTEM+MILEVSKIY+GAZ%EF%BF%BDANTEPSPOR%27DA&Id=4268|publisher=Gaziantepspor|access-date=7 March 2014|language=tr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307143820/http://www.gaziantepspor.org.tr/tr/haber-detay.asp?Sayfa=ARTEM+MILEVSKIY+GAZ%EF%BF%BDANTEPSPOR%27DA&Id=4268|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=dead}} While contracted to Gaziantepspor, Milevskyi crashed his Ferrari California,{{cite web|title=Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi - Donetsk Way|date=18 April 2016|url=https://donetskway.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/artem-volodymyrovych-milevskyi/|publisher=Donetsk Way|access-date=19 January 2021|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Ferrari California Crashed by Footballer Artem Milevskiy|url=http://www.gtspirit.com/2013/11/14/ferrari-california-crashed-by-footballer-artem-milevskiy/|publisher=GTspirit|access-date=7 March 2014}} and went on to have his contract cancelled by mutual consent on 31 December 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Газиантепспор расторг контракт с Милевским|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/ukrainians/52c30891.html|publisher=ua-football.com|access-date=1 January 2014|language=ru|date=31 December 2013}} He played less than 400 minutes of football that season for Gaziantepspor, scoring one goal and creating one assist.

After his release from Gaziantepspor, Milevskyi joined Kazakh club FC Aktobe in February 2014,{{cite web|title=Troubled Ukrainian footballer joins Kazakhstani club|date=March 2014|url=http://kazinform.kz/eng/article/2635205|publisher=kazinform|access-date=7 March 2014}} however after only one week, there were reports his contract had been terminated.{{cite web|title=Artem Milevskiy finished with FC Aktobe?|url=http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2636667|publisher=kazinform|access-date=7 March 2013}} Artem recently described this as one of the toughest points of his career.

=Hajduk Split=

On 29 July 2014, Milevskyi signed for Croatian club Hajduk Split{{cite web|title=Artem Milevskyi novi igrač Hajduka|url=https://hajduk.hr/vijest/artem-milevskiy-novi-igrac-hajduka/4843|publisher=HNK Hajduk Split|access-date=19 January 2021|language=hr}} on a two-year deal. He made his debut for Hajduk in a 6–0 win against Zadar. He scored his first goal for Hajduk in a 2–2 draw with Lokomotiva; he was introduced late in the match alongside Elvir Maloku. In the final six minutes of the match, with Hajduk losing 2–0, Artem assisted his fellow substitute Maloku to make it 2–1, and then scored himself in the final minute to salvage a point for his side.

On 3 September 2015, he was released from Hajduk after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.{{Cite web|url=https://hajduk.hr/vijest/artem-milevski-vise-nije-igrac-hajduka/6263|title = Artem Milevski više nije igrač Hajduka}}

=RNK Split=

After his Hajduk contract was terminated, Milevskyi signed for Hajduk's city rivals RNK Split, however on 4 November 2015, he was released from the club.

=Tosno=

On 4 July 2017, Milevskyi left FC Tosno by mutual consent.{{cite web|title=Артем Милевский покидает Тосно|url=http://fctosno.ru/news.php?readmore=2975|website=fctosno.ru|publisher=FC Tosno|access-date=4 July 2017|language=ru|date=4 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721122104/http://fctosno.ru/news.php?readmore=2975|archive-date=21 July 2017|url-status=dead}}

=Dynamo Brest=

Milevskyi joined Dynamo Brest for a second time in January 2019, on a contract until the end of 2020.{{cite web|title=Милевский подписал контракт с брестским "Динамо" в день рождения|url=https://www.championat.com/football/news-3647415-milevskij-podpisal-kontrakt-s-brestskim-dinamo-v-svoj-den-rozhdenija.html|publisher=championat.com|access-date=7 August 2020|language=ru|date=12 January 2019}}

=Mynai=

On 24 December 2020 Milevskyi signed a contract for 1.5 years with Mynai, and thus returned to playing in the Ukrainian Premier League.{{cite web|title=Мілевський повернувся в чемпіонат України|trans-title=Milevskyi returned to the championship of Ukraine|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/12/24/7278056/|publisher=Pravda.com.ua|date=24 December 2020|access-date=19 January 2021|language=uk}}

On 23 September 2021 Milevskyi publicly announced the end of his professional career.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/09/23/7308163/ Milevskyi ended his football career], Ukrayinska Pravda (23 September 2021)

International career

Milevskyi began playing internationally for Belarus, being a part of the nation's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship, before taking Ukrainian nationality.{{cite web|url=http://stats.chron.com/chlg/players.asp?player=7139|title=Stats and scores from the Houston Chronicle|publisher=chron.com|access-date=6 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926223411/http://stats.chron.com/chlg/players.asp?player=7139|archive-date=26 September 2008|url-status=dead}} Because he played for the Belarus under-16 team, there was a big international issue in 2003 him joining the Ukrainian side. After some dialogues between Belarusian and Ukrainian federations, an agreement was finally reached. He was part of the Ukraine under-19 team which finished as semi-finalists at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. In next year's FIFA World Youth Championship, Milevskyi and Ukraine were ousted in the round of 16.

Milevskyi then joined Ukraine's under-21 squad for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Ukraine finished in second place to Netherlands; Milevskyi was picked by UEFA.com journalists as a member of the "Team of the Tournament", pitching as striker alongside the Netherlands' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21/news/Kind=1/newsId=427313.html uefa.com's Team of the Tournament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622165814/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21/news/Kind%3D1/newsId%3D427313.html |date=22 June 2007 }}; UEFA.com, 5 June 2006 During the tournament's group stage, also against the Netherlands, Milevskyi became known for his cheeky Panenka-style penalty taking in a 2–1 win.[http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/UNTVideo/u21ukr_hol1.avi Video of Panenka-style penalty, against Netherlands U-21] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414071313/http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/UNTVideo/u21ukr_hol1.avi |date=14 April 2008 }}

Later in the year, Milevskyi was selected for the nation's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He would earn his first full cap for the Ukraine senior team on 19 June 2006 in a group stage match against Saudi Arabia, coming on as a late substitute for striker Andriy Shevchenko in a 4–0 win.

In the round of 16 match against Switzerland, Milevskyi was one of the three Ukrainian penalty takers who scored in the shootout which followed a 0–0 draw after extra time (while repeating the Panenka trick,[http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/WC2006/swe_ukr_pen2.avi Video of Panenka-style penalty, against Switzerland] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701074715/http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/WC2006/swe_ukr_pen2.avi |date=1 July 2006 }} which backfired domestically on 26 October 2008, in a league match against Tavriya Simferopol). Ukraine won the shootout 3–0, but ended their 2006 World Cup campaign with a 3–0 loss to eventual champions Italy in the quarter-finals.[https://int.soccerway.com/news/2006/Jun/26/switzerland-vs-ukraine-moments/ Switzerland vs. Ukraine moments] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613214429/http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/Jun/26/switzerland-vs-ukraine-moments/ |date=13 June 2008 }}; Soccerway.com, 2 February 2008

Milevskyi scored his first goal for the senior side on 6 February 2008 in a 1–1 friendly draw with Cyprus. His second Ukraine goal was a penalty kick against Slovakia in a friendly match in Cyprus on 10 February 2009.

On 26 May 2012, he was called up by manager Oleh Blokhin in the provisional list of 26 players for UEFA Euro 2012 and three days later for the final list.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7dd0179459-660df6bcf509-1000--ukraine-squad-short-on-goalkeeping-experience/|title=Ukraine squad short on goalkeeping experience|publisher=UEFA|date=8 May 2012|access-date=27 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7de3b737db-5fdfccd678e4-1000--blokhin-confirms-ukraine-s-finals-party/|title=Blokhin confirms Ukraine's finals party|publisher=UEFA|date=29 May 2012|access-date=27 September 2018}} He made three appearances during the tournament as Ukraine was eliminated in group stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/18181971|title=England 1-0 Ukraine|publisher=BBC Sport|author=Phil McNulty|date=19 June 2012|access-date=27 September 2018}}

He has not played for the national team since October 2012, with his last appearance coming against Moldova.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=3758|title=Football MATCH: 12.10.2012 Moldova v Ukraine|publisher=EU-Football.info|access-date=27 September 2018}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|12 January 2020}}{{cite web|title=Артем Милевский - Нападающий |language=uk |url=http://www.dynamomania.com/dynamo/players/1425-artem-milevskiy |publisher=Dynamomania |access-date=12 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113091927/http://www.dynamomania.com/dynamo/players/1425-artem-milevskiy |archive-date=13 January 2015 }}{{cite web|title=A. Milevskyi Profile with news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/artem-milevskiy/694/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=19 January 2021}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|Cup

!colspan=2|Europe

!colspan=2|Super Cup

!colspan=2|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
rowspan=1|Borysfen-2 Boryspil

|2001–02

|rowspan=1|Second League

|9

3colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–93
rowspan=12|Dynamo Kyiv

|2002–03

|rowspan=11|Ukrainian Premier League

|6

141colspan=2|–colspan=2|–102
2003–04

|8

13110colspan=2|–122
2004–05

|8

031colspan=2|–colspan=2|–111
2005–06

|16

363colspan=2|–colspan=2|–226
2006–07

|14

5416111258
2007–08

|21

57040colspan=2|–325
2008–09

|24

1020157114218
2009–10

|27

173161103719
2010–11

|26

932146colspan=2|–4317
2011–12

|18

6218111299
2012–13

|10

01040colspan=2|–150
colspan=2|Total

!178||57||44||11||52||16||4||3||278||87

rowspan=1|Gaziantepspor

|2013–14

|Süper Lig

|6

130colspan=2|–colspan=2|–91
rowspan=1|Hajduk Split

|2014–15

|Croatian First Football League

|21

35010colspan=2|–273
rowspan=1|RNK Split

|2015–16

|Croatian First Football League

|1

0colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–10
rowspan=1|Concordia Chiajna

|2015–16

|Liga I

|13

521colspan=2|–colspan=2|–156
rowspan=1|Tosno

|2016–17

|Russian National Football League

|17

010colspan=2|–colspan=2|–180
rowspan=3|Dinamo Brest

|2017

|rowspan=2|Belarusian Premier League

|15

5102000185
2018

|14

3520010205
colspan=2|Total

!29||8||6||2||2||0||1||0||38||10

rowspan=1|Kisvárda

|2018–19

|Nemzeti Bajnokság I

|8

0200000100
rowspan=2|Dinamo Brest

|2019

|Belarusian Premier League

|26

420colspan=2|–10294
colspan=2|Dinamo Brest total

!55||12||8||2||2||0||2||0||67||14

colspan=3|Career total

!310||81||65||14||55||16||6||3||434||114

=International=

Source:{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=25097|title=Artem Milevskyi, footballer|publisher=EU-Football.info|access-date=19 January 2021}}{{NFT player|14443|accessdate=27 September 2018}}

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan=7|Ukraine

|2006

60
200750
200851
2009113
201061
201192
201281
colspan=2|Total508

=International goals=

Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Milevskyi goal.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

scope=col|No.

!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date

!scope=col|Venue

!scope=col|Cap

!scope=col|Opponent

!scope=col|Score

!scope=col|Result

!scope=col|Competition

scope=row|1

|6 February 2008||GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus||align=center|12||{{fb|Cyprus}}||align=center|1–1||align=center|1–1||rowspan=2|Friendly

scope=row|2

|10 February 2009||Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus||align=center|17||{{fb|Slovakia}}||align=center|3–2||align=center|3–2

scope=row|3

|rowspan=2|5 September 2009 || rowspan=3|Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |22 || rowspan=2|{{fb|Andorra}} || {{center|2–0}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |5–0 || rowspan=2|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

scope=row|4

|{{center|4–0}}

scope=row|5

|8 October 2010||align=center|31||{{fb|Canada}}||align=center|1–2||align=center|2–2||rowspan=4|Friendly

scope=row|6

|8 February 2011||Municipal Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus||align=center|34||{{fb|Romania}}||align=center|2–0||align=center|2–2

scope=row|7

|15 November 2011||Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine||align=center|42||{{fb|Romania}}||align=center|1–0||align=center|2–1

scope=row|8

|28 May 2012||Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria||align=center|44||{{fb|Estonia}}||align=center|4–0||align=center|4–0

Honours

=Club=

=International=

Ukraine U-21

=Individual=

  • Top assister of the Ukraine Premier League: 2008–09{{Cite web |url=http://www.championat.ru/football/_ukraine/53/statistic/player/assistent.html |title=Украина - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.ру |access-date=27 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130105721/http://www.championat.ru/football/_ukraine/53/statistic/player/assistent.html |archive-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}
  • Top scorer of the Ukraine Premier League: 2009–10{{Cite web |url=http://www.championat.ru/football/_ukraine/110/statistic/player/bombardir.html |title=Украина - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.ру |access-date=9 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510133212/http://www.championat.ru/football/_ukraine/110/statistic/player/bombardir.html |archive-date=10 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}
  • Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 2008, 2009
  • Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year: 2009

See also

References

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