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

Career

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

Vyacheslav Shevchuk

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

Vyacheslav Shevchuk

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

Vyacheslav Shevchuk

In December 2016, Shevchuk announced his retirement from football.

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

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

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

Career statistics

Club

References

FC Volyn Lutsk players

2006 FIFA World Cup players

Living people

1979 births

Ukrainian men's footballers

Footballers from Lutsk

Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers

Ukraine men's international footballers

Men's association football central defenders

FC Torpedo Moscow players

FC Shakhtar Donetsk players

FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players

FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk players

FC Kovel-Volyn Kovel players

UEFA Cup winning players

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players

FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players

FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players

FC Dnipro players

FC Metalurh Donetsk players

FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk players

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players

Ukrainian Premier League players

Russian Premier League players

Expatriate men's footballers in Russia

Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Ukrainian people of Russian descent

UEFA Euro 2012 players

FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi players

UEFA Euro 2016 players

Ukrainian football managers

FC Olimpik Donetsk managers

Ukrainian Premier League managers

Footballers from Volyn Oblast