
“His ability to play everywhere on the pitch was eye catching. His determination, competiveness, and desire to control the ball made him very visible on the pitch»
On the 29th September 1976 in Dvirkivschyna, a child was born and was given the name Andriy. Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, footballing God and a Ukrainian legend.
His career nearly ended however, before it has started, as on 26th April 1986 the Chornobyl Nuclear disaster forced Shevchenko and his family to leave their home and evacuate to the coast to avoid the after effects of the radiation. Before he settled with football, Shevchenko was talented at many sports and in particular he had a skill for boxing, but football won through.
Dynamo Kyiv was the club that Shevchenko began his career with, but they nearly missed out on the young star as he failed a dribbling test for entrance to their specialist football school…
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