1. Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Shovkovskyi is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the manager of Dynamo Kyiv.
15 Facts About Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi played for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top level of Ukrainian football, from 1993 to 2016.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi has played 121 matches in European cups, keeping 33 clean-sheets; 109 of these appearances have come in the UEFA Champions League, in which he has kept 28 clean sheets.
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On 13 December 2016, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi announced his retirement at the age of 41.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi is well known for his blunder during the UEFA Euro 2000 play-off game where the Ukraine national team faced Slovenia.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi was the first-choice keeper for Ukraine at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Notably, he saved two spot kicks from Marco Streller and Ricardo Cabanas in the penalty shootout against Switzerland in their second-round match, which sent Ukraine through to the quarterfinals, becoming the first goalkeeper in FIFA World Cup history not to concede a goal during penalty shootout ; Oleksandr Shovkovskyi was awarded the man of the match award.
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Also more recently Oleksandr Shovkovskyi was voted player of the tournament in early 2008, in a Channel One Cup in Israel, which was won by Dynamo in a notorious game against the club's top rival Shakhtar Donetsk.
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In September 2012, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi announced his retirement from the Ukraine national team.
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Until 2013 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi held the record for the Ukraine national team of minutes played without a goal, 728 minutes, but it was beaten by Andriy Pyatov.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi got a lot of media attention when giving an interview about the Euromaidan situation.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi is a supporter of the Euromaidan movement, and said he wants to live by "European values and not by Soviet values".
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi criticized the previous government for the use of violence against the protesters.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi was a Kyiv City Council candidate of UDAR in the 2020 Kyiv local election set for 25 October 2020.
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi was elected, together with 29 other representatives of his party.