Former striker and head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko became the president of the Ukrainian Football Federation (UAF). This was reported by the local portal Tribuna.
According to the source, at the meeting of the UAF congress on Thursday, January 25, Shevchenko was supported by 93 people. Moreover, his candidacy was the only one. One person abstained; It is claimed that he is the famous former football player.
In this article, he replaces Andrei Pavelko, who was arrested in November 2022 in the criminal case for misappropriation of funds. It is noteworthy that in February 2023 the Pechersk court removed him from the post of president of the UAF, but in April he was re-elected to the executive committee of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
47-year-old Shevchenko became the top scorer in the history of the Ukrainian national team with 48 goals. He played 111 matches in the national team. He went on to have an impressive career in European football. Shevchenko made 322 appearances for Italian Milan and scored 175 goals in all competitions. As a member of the Rossoneri he won the Italian Championship, the Italian Cup and the Super Cup. He also won the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. He won the Ballon d’Or in 2004 as a Milan player. Additionally, Shevchenko played for Chelsea and won the FA Cup, Football League Cup and FA Super Cup with them. Five-time champion of Ukraine as part of Dynamo Kiev. He headed the Ukrainian national team from 2016 to 2021.
He was previously a legend of the Croatian national team left UEFA protested Ceferin’s actions.