Anatoliy Tymoschuk

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Anatoliy Tymoschuk Анатолій Тимощук
Personal information
Full name	Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoschuk
Date of birth	March 30, 1979 (1979-03-30) (age 30)
Place of birth	Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Bayern Munich
Number	44
Youth career
1994–1995	Volyn Lutsk
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1997 1997–2007 2007–2009 2009–	Volyn Lutsk Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit St. Petersburg Bayern Munich	062 0(8) 227 (32) 067 (10) 000 0(0)
National team2
2000–	Ukraine	083 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:51, 14 June 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoschuk (Ukrainian: Анатолій Олександрович Тимощук; born March 30, 1979 in Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union), is a Ukrainian professional footballer playing for FC Bayern Munich, he is a regular member of the Ukraine national football team. In 2008 Tymoschuk won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup as the captain of Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Tymoschuk is a holding midfielder.

[edit] Club career

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] Zenit St. Petersburg

Tymoschuk training with Zenit St. Petersburg.

On 27 February 2007, Tymoschuk transferred to Zenit St. Petersburg for a fee reported to be about €15million.^[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]

During the 2007-2008 European season, he captained Zenit to the 2008 UEFA Cup, in which they defeated Scottish club Rangers 2-0 in the final.^[8] The club then went on to claim the 2008 UEFA Super Cup in a 2-1 victory over Manchester United.^[9]

[edit] Bayern Munich

In February 2009, Uli Hoeneß, the general manager of Bayern Munich, announced Tymoschuk had agreed with Bayern to join that club.^[10] Initially, Zenit announced that there was no agreement yet between the two clubs, but on February 18 Bayern announced that Tymoschuck would join Bayern in July 2009, in order to let Tymoschuk play for Zenit until the summer^[11]. Tymoschuk did join Bayern on July 1, 2009, with a contract that will expires on June 30, 2012.^[12] The transfer fee was undisclosed but German media reports put the deal at €14 million.^[13]

[edit] 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.^[14]

Tymoschuk has been described as one of the catalysists for Ukraine's first FIFA World Cup appearance.^[15] He is currently the vice-captain of the team, captaining in the absence of Andriy Shevchenko.

[edit] Personal life

Anatoliy Tymoschuk is married to Nadiya Tymoschuk.^[16] The couple met in his hometown Lutsk while living in the same neighborhood.

His favorite player is Lothar Matthäus. He is also a fan of the Ukrainian band Okean Elzy and Russian painter Mikhail Vrubel. He is an avid collector of Wines, T-Shirts, and Icons.^[17]

Tymoschuk and his father has since 2000 organised tournaments, 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 tournament was to encourage children to continue their football training by giving them a chance to participate in a real competition.^[18][19][20]

[edit] Career honours

[edit] Club

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Championship: 3

2002, 2005, 2006

• Ukrainian Cup: 3

2001, 2002, 2004

• Ukrainian Super Cup: 1

2005

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 1

2007

• Russian Super Cup: 1

2008

• UEFA Cup: 1

2008

• UEFA Super Cup: 1

2008

[edit] Individual

• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 2002, 2006, 2008
• Ukrainian Bravery Order III Degree: 2006
• Eurosport best player of the year in Russia: 2007

[edit] Quotes

[edit] By Tymoschuk

• "All matches are equal, because all of them need to be won", Tymoscuk in a conversation with fans before a match against an ousider of the Russian championship, 2009.^[21]
• "To win in a battle without compromises is always nicer", Tymoschuk after FC Zenit Saint Petersburg won the 2008 UEFA Super Cup, 2008.^[22]
• "I'd love to visit space, to see, how our beautiful planet looks from there. I think, every man has such a dream, but you'd need years of hard working for that", Tymoschuk after receiving from the cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko a FC Zenit Saint Petersburg shirt with Tymoschuk's name on it with which the cosmonaut waved in space, 2008.^[23]
• "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 Sweden there", Tymoschuk before the friendly match against Sweden in 2008.^[24]
• "I always remember where I came from", during a visit with the UEFA Cup in Donetsk, 2008.^[25]
• "Thanks to the tour with the UEFA Cup I finally flew on a helicopter", Tymoschuk, 2008.^[26]
• "I'll agree to fight Tyson, if they'll allow to use tackles", Tymoschuk, 2007.^[27]

[edit] About Tymoschuk

• "The most professional player, of those I ever worked with - Tymoscuk", Dick Advocaat, 2009.^[28]
• "From Zenit I would be glad to play in the same team with Tymoschuk", Antonio Di Natale, 2009.^[29]
• "Tymoschuk is a nice honest guy, with him I would safely go to a spying mission ", Oleg Blokhin, 2008.^[30]
• "He helped me with everything... Before I received 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 than Tymoschuk's", Bohdan Shust, 2007, about their time together in Shakhtar Donetsk.^[31]
• "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.^[32]

[edit] Trivia

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• After FC Zenit Saint Petersburg won the championship title, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko known as a fan of the team, waved a FC Zenit Saint Petersburg shirt with Tymoschuk's name on it while in space. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg became the first team to have its uniform shown in space. ^[33]
• After the last match of the 2007-2008 season he was physically restrained by the Moscow police when he tried to throw his match shirt to the Zenit-fans.^[34]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Russian) (Ukrainian) Anatoliy Tymoschuk official website
• Profile on Bayern München Official Website

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