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* ''"He helped me with everything... Before I recieved a car, he came everyday to take me to practice and then returned me... Any young player could count on his help and support... I have never met a more serious attitude towards football then Tymoschuk's"'', [[Bohdan Shust]], 2007, about their time together in [[Shakhtar Donetsk]].<ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/4678619.html</ref>
* ''"He helped me with everything... Before I recieved a car, he came everyday to take me to practice and then returned me... Any young player could count on his help and support... I have never met a more serious attitude towards football then Tymoschuk's"'', [[Bohdan Shust]], 2007, about their time together in [[Shakhtar Donetsk]].<ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/4678619.html</ref>
* ''"About Tymoschuk I can say only good things, and not only the player but also the person. Tymoschuk - is a professional from head to toes. I never had complaints to him about discipline. While Tymoschuk and I are at the club, he will be the captain of [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]]"'', [[Dick Advocaat]], 2007.<ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/4678249.html</ref>
* ''"About Tymoschuk I can say only good things, and not only the player but also the person. Tymoschuk - is a professional from head to toes. I never had complaints to him about discipline. While Tymoschuk and I are at the club, he will be the captain of [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]]"'', [[Dick Advocaat]], 2007.<ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/4678249.html</ref>

==Trivia==
* After [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg]] won the championship title, the [[Russia]]n cosmonaut [[Yuri Malenchenko]] known as a fan of the team, waved a [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg]] shirt with Tymoscuk's name on it while in space. [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg]] became the first team to have it's uniform shown in space. <ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/5284002.html</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:08, 23 July 2008

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Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Personal information
Full name Anatoliy Oleksandrovych
Tymoshchuk
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zenit St. Petersburg
Number 44
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2007

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Template:Lang-ua, born March 30 1979 in Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union), is a Ukrainian professional footballer. A holding midfielder, he is a regular member of the Ukraine national football team and the captain of reigning Russian Premier League and UEFA Cup champions Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Club career

Volyn Lutsk

Anatoliy Tymoschuk started his career playing for his hometown team Volyn Lutsk, having risen through the ranks at the team. Following two successful seasons, the player began to attract attention from bigger clubs.

Shakhtar Donetsk

In 1997 at age 18, Tymoschuk was bought from Volyn by Shakhtar Donetsk. At Shakhtar, Tymoschuk was a key member of the team which won three Ukrainian Premier League titles, three Ukrainian Cups, and a Ukrainian Super Cup. His time with Shakhtar is credited with establishing him as a great midfielder in Europe. [1]

In 2006, having captained Shakhtar Donetsk for a number of years, Tymoschuk became linked with a string of European clubs, including Juventus, Feyenoord, Celtic, and Roma.[2]

Zenit St. Petersburg

On 27 February 2007 Tymoshchuk transferred to FC Zenit Saint Petersburg for a fee rumored to be about £10 million.[3] He was soon named as the new captain of the team. [4]

His first season at the club ended in success, with Zenit winning the Russian Premier League title for the first time in the club's history. This trophy constituted the club's first league title since its 1984 Soviet Top League triumph.[5] At the end of the season, Tymoschuk was included in the annual list of the best 33 players of the Russian Premier League,[6] and was also voted as league player of the year by popular sports magazine Sport-Express.[7]

He also captained Zenit at the 2007-2008 European season, in which Zenit won the UEFA Cup.[8]

International career

Since his 2000 debut, Tymoschuk has become a key member of the Ukrainian national football team. He gained recognition for his performance during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in which Ukraine reached the quarter finals, earning a man of the match award during Ukraine's win over Tunisia. [9]

Tymoschuk has been described as one of the catalysists for Ukraine's first FIFA World Cup appearance. [10] He is currently the vice-captian of the team, captaining in the absence of Andriy Shevchenko.

Personal life

Anatoliy Tymoschuk is married to Nadejda Tymoschuk[11]. The couple met in his hometown Lutsk while living in the same neighborhood.

Tymoschuk has described Lothar Matthäus as his favorite ever player. He has also described himself as a fan of the Ukrainian band Okean Elzy and of the Russian painter Mikhail Vrubel. He is an avid collector of Wines, T-Shirts, and Icons.[12]

Since 2000 Anatoly Tymoschuk and his father yearly organise a tournment, the International Anatoly Tymoschuk Junior Cup, for children from Ukraine and neighbour states in the city of Volhynia, Ukraine. The winners get cups and money awards. The mission of the tournment was to encourege children to continue with soccer by giving them the chance to taste a tournment.[13] [14]

Career honours

Club

Shakhtar Donetsk

2002, 2005, 2006
2001, 2002, 2004
2005

Zenit Saint Petersburg

2007
2008
2008

Individual

Quotes

By Tymoschuk

  • "Next year there will be a celebration dedicated to the victory in the Battle of Poltava, so it would be symbolic to play the match with Sweeden there", Tymoschuk before the friendly match against Sweeden in 2008.[15]
  • "I always remember where I came from", during a visit with the UEFA Cup in Donetsk, 2008.[16]
  • "Thanks to the tour with the UEFA Cup I finaly flew on a helicopter", Tymoschuk, 2008.[17]
  • "I'll agree to fight Tyson, if they'll alow to use tackles", Tymoschuk, 2007.[18]

About Tymoschuk

  • "Tymoschuk is a nice honest guy, with him I would safely go to a spying mission ", Oleg Blokhin, 2008.[19]
  • "He helped me with everything... Before I recieved a car, he came everyday to take me to practice and then returned me... Any young player could count on his help and support... I have never met a more serious attitude towards football then Tymoschuk's", Bohdan Shust, 2007, about their time together in Shakhtar Donetsk.[20]
  • "About Tymoschuk I can say only good things, and not only the player but also the person. Tymoschuk - is a professional from head to toes. I never had complaints to him about discipline. While Tymoschuk and I are at the club, he will be the captain of Zenit", Dick Advocaat, 2007.[21]

Trivia

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Cup Final: Tymoschuk is key figure among Russian side's danger men aiming to spoil party". The Scotsman. 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  2. ^ "Tymoschuk: football as an heirloom". Sport Express. 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  3. ^ "Friends in high places fuel Dick Advocaat's empire building". Times Online. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  4. ^ "Тимощук перешел в "Зенит"" (in Russian). Zenit official website. 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
  5. ^ "Zenit celebrate Russian title win". CNN. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  6. ^ "Утвержден список 33 лучших игроков "Росгосстрах Чемпионата России по футболу 2007 года"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2008-05-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "ЛУЧШИЕ ПО ОЦЕНКАМ "СЭ"" (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  8. ^ "Uefa Cup final - Zenit 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 2008-05-14.
  9. ^ "Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia". BBC Sport. 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  10. ^ "Tymoschuk a talisman for divided nation". The Independent. 2006-06-04. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  11. ^ "Anatoliy Tymoschuk". Zenit official website.
  12. ^ "МОЯ АНКЕТА" (in Ukrainian). Antoliy Tymoschuk official website.
  13. ^ http://www.fc-zenit.ru/info/details.phtml?id=3922
  14. ^ http://times.ua/story/5388/
  15. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/4848739.html
  16. ^ http://www.fc-zenit.ru/info/details.phtml?id=4838
  17. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/4910966.html
  18. ^ http://www.timo4.com/rus/inter/308.html
  19. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/4363139.html
  20. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/4678619.html
  21. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/4678249.html
  22. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/5284002.html
Template:S-awards
Preceded by Ukrainian Footballer of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ukrainian Footballer of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
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