Artem Milevskiy

Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy (Ukrainian: Артем Володимирович Мілевський, Belarusian: Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Dynamo Brest.[2]

Artem Milevskiy
Milevskiy with Hajduk in 2014
Personal information
Full name Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy
Date of birth (1985-01-12) 12 January 1985
Place of birth Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Second striker
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Brest
Youth career
1998–2000 Smena Minsk
2000–2001 FC Obukhiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Borysfen-2 Boryspil 9 (3)
2002–2013 Dynamo Kyiv 178 (57)
2013–2014 Gaziantepspor 6 (1)
2014–2015 Hajduk Split 21 (3)
2015 RNK Split 1 (0)
2016 Concordia Chiajna 13 (5)
2016–2017 Tosno 17 (0)
2017–2018 Dynamo Brest 29 (8)
2018 Kisvárda 8 (0)
2019– Dynamo Brest 36 (7)
National team
2001 Belarus U16 1 (0)
2001–2002 Ukraine U17 5 (5)
2003–2006 Ukraine U21 31 (7)
2006–2012 Ukraine 50 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2019
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Milevskiy.

Milevskiy is known both for his technical ability and physical bulk which allows him to play with a quicker forward,[3] just as well as for numerous drug, racing and drinking scandals that've been following him since his first years at the Dynamo Kyiv FC and onwards. He holds a degree of Master of Sports of Ukraine, International Class (2005).

He was also a Ukrainian international, earning 50 caps and representing his country at 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

Milevsky is a brother of Belarusian female tennis player Ksenia Milevskaya.[4]

Club career

Early career and Dynamo Kyiv

Milevskiy played at youth level for Belarusian club Smena Minsk. In 2000, he moved to Ukrainian side Boryfsfen Boryspil before joining Dynamo Kyiv in 2002. He made his debut for Dynamo as a late substitute in a UEFA Champions League match against Internazionale on 10 December 2003, aged just 18. It was his only appearance of the 2003–04 season. The next season, he also only made one appearance, this time in the Ukrainian Premier League against Chornomorets Odesa. In the 2005–06 season, Milevskiy began to show his talent for Dynamo, scoring 4 goals in 13 appearances.

In 2006, Milevskiy was voted best footballer in Ukraine for the month of August, in a traditional survey by football journalists, head coaches and captains conducted by sports newspaper Komanda.[5] He scored 8 goals in 21 appearances as Dynamo went unbeaten domestically during the 2006–07 season.

Milevskiy in action.

On 6 September 2007, in the club's 80th anniversary, Milevskiy scored a header in a 2–2 friendly draw with Milan. However, he spent the majority of the 2007–08 season injured, making just 11 appearances (and scoring 5 goals) as Dynamo finished as runners-up to champions Shakhtar Donetsk.

On 6 August 2008, Milevskiy scored a crucial penalty against Drogheda United in the second leg of the Champions League second qualifying round to put Dynamo 2–1 up, in a final 2–2 home draw (4–3 win on aggregate). One week later, he scored twice and assisted to help Dynamo come back from 1–0 down against Spartak Moscow in the competition's third qualifying round, in a 4–1 away triumph. In the return leg, he scored another brace in another 4–1 victory. He finished the 2008–09 season with a career high 18 goals in 41 appearances. The next season, he beat his career high tally for goals, scoring 19 in 37 appearances in all competitions.

On 31 October 2010, Dynamo defeated Mariupol Illichivets 9–0, with Milevsky scoring his first hat-trick and finishing the match with four goals. He went on to score 13 more goals that season as Dynamo reached the semi-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, losing to Braga.

Milevskiy's Dynamo career took a turn for the worse in the 2011–12 season as goals and form began to dry up and his playing time took a big hit. He still managed 9 goals and 13 assist in 29 appearances, but cracks began to show in both his attitude and fitness. The next season was poorer for Milevskiy as he made just 15 appearances and scored 0 goals. He was released by Dynamo at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Gaziantepspor

Milevsky signed a three-year contract with Gaziantepspor during the summer of 2013.[6] While contracted to Gaziantepspor, Milevsky crashed his Ferrari California,[7] and went on to have his contract cancelled by mutal consent on 31 December 2013.[8] He played less than 400 minutes of football that season for Gaziantepspor, scoring one goal and creating one assist.

After his release from Gaziantepspor, Milevsky joined Kazakh club FC Aktobe in February 2014,[9] however after only one week, there were reports his contract had been terminated.[10] Artem recently described this as one of the toughest points of his career.

Hajduk Split

On 29 July 2014, Milevskiy signed for Croatian club Hajduk Split[11] on a two-year deal. He made his debut for Hajduk in a 6–0 win against Zadar. He scored his first goal for Hajduk in a 2–2 draw with Lokomotiva; he was introduced late in the match alongside Elvir Maloku. In the final six minutes of the match, with Hajduk losing 2–0, Artem assisted his fellow substitute Maloku to make it 2–1, and then scored himself in the final minute to salvage a point for his side.

On 3 September 2015, he was released from Hajduk after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[12]

RNK Split

After his Hajduk contract was terminated, Milevskiy signed for Hajduk's city rivals RNK Split, however on 4 November 2015, he was released from the club.

Tosno

On 4 July 2017, Milevskiy left FC Tosno by mutual consent.[13]

International career

Milevskiy began playing internationally for Belarus, being a part of the nation's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship, before taking Ukrainian nationality.[14] Because he played for the Belarus under-16 team, there was a big international issue in 2003 him joining the Ukrainian side. After some dialogues between Belarusian and Ukrainian federations, an agreement was finally reached. He was part of the Ukraine under-19 team which finished as semi-finalists at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. In next year's FIFA World Youth Championship, Milevsky and Ukraine were ousted in the round of 16.

Milevskiy then joined Ukraine's under-21 squad for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Ukraine finished in second place to Netherlands; Milevskiy was picked by UEFA.com journalists as a member of the "Team of the Tournament", pitching as striker alongside the Netherlands' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.[15] During the tournament's group stage, also against the Netherlands, Milevskiy became known for his cheeky Panenka-style penalty taking in a 2–1 win.[16]

Later in the year, Milevskiy was selected for the nation's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He would earn his first full cap for the Ukraine senior team on 19 June 2006 in a group stage match against Saudi Arabia, coming on as a late substitute for striker Andriy Shevchenko in a 4–0 win.

In the round of 16 match against Switzerland, Milevskiy was one of the three Ukrainian penalty takers who scored in the shootout which followed a 0–0 draw after extra time (while repeating the Panenka trick,[17] which backfired domestically on 26 October 2008, in a league match against Tavriya Simferopol). Ukraine won the shootout 3–0, but ended their 2006 World Cup campaign with a 3–0 loss to eventual champions Italy in the quarter-finals.[18]

Milevskiy scored his first goal for the senior side on 6 February 2008 in a 1–1 friendly draw with Cyprus. His second Ukraine goal was a penalty kick against Slovakia in a friendly match in Cyprus on 10 February 2009.

On 26 May 2012, he was called up by manager Oleh Blokhin in the provisional list of 26 players for UEFA Euro 2012 and three days later for the final list.[19][20] He made three appearances during the tournament as Ukraine was eliminated in group stage.[21]

He has not played for the national team since October 2012, with his last appearance coming against Moldova.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of 12 January 2020[23][24]
Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borysfen-2 Boryspil 2001–02 Second League 93–––93
Dynamo Kyiv 2002–03 Ukrainian Premier League 6141––102
2003–04 813110–122
2004–05 8031––111
2005–06 16363––226
2006–07 145416111258
2007–08 2157040–325
2008–09 241020157114218
2009–10 27173161103719
2010–11 26932146–4317
2011–12 186218111299
2012–13 1001040–150
Total 17857441152164327887
Gaziantepspor 2013–14 Süper Lig 6130––91
Hajduk Split 2014–15 Croatian First Football League 2135010–273
RNK Split 2015–16 Croatian First Football League 10–––10
Concordia Chiajna 2015–16 Liga I 13521––156
Tosno 2016–17 Russian National Football League 17010––180
Dinamo Brest 2017 Belarusian Premier League 155102000185
2018 143520010205
Total 2986220103810
Kisvárda 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 80200000100
Dinamo Brest 2019 Belarusian Premier League 26420–10294
Dinamo Brest total 55128220206714
Career total 310816514551663434114

International

Source:[25][26]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 200660
200750
200851
2009113
201061
201192
201281
Total508

International goals

Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Milevskiy goal.[25]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 February 2008GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus12 Cyprus1–11–1Friendly
2 10 February 2009Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus17 Slovakia3–23–2
3 5 September 2009Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine
22
 Andorra
2–0
5–0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4
4–0
5 8 October 201031 Canada1–22–2Friendly
6 8 February 2011Municipal Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus34 Romania2–02–2
7 15 November 2011Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine42 Romania1–02–1
8 28 May 2012Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria44 Estonia4–04–0

Honours

Club
Dynamo Kyiv[2]
Dinamo Brest[2]

International

Ukraine U-21

Individual

See also

References
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  17. Video of Panenka-style penalty, against Switzerland Archived 1 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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