Ukraine football star Andriy Shevchenko says he will retire after the European championships next year in his home country.
|||Kiev – Ukraine football star Andriy Shevchenko, who played for AC Milan and Chelsea in a glittering career, said he will retire after the European championships next year in his home country.
“I have decided to retire right after the Euro-2012,” the 34-year-old Shevchenko told AFP in an interview. “This is my final decision.”
“We are all set to perform at our best at our home European championships,” he added. “And I believe we can challenge the clear favourites in the battle for the title if luck is on our side.”
Shevchenko has been a linchpin of the Ukrainian national side over the last decades and the country will be hoping he performs at his best at the tournament which Ukraine is jointly hosting with Poland.
In the late 1990s, Shevchenko was part of a celebrated Dinamo Kiev side packed with young stars before moving to AC Milan in 1999 where he became a prolific scorer for the Italian giants.
He endured a more difficult period at Chelsea from 2006 before moving back to Milan in 2008. Shevchenko has returned to his beloved Dinamo Kiev in 2009. – Sapa-AFP
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/shevchenko-to-retire-next-year-1.1075837
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