Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi ( uk, Артем Володимирович Мілевський, be, Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional

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who played as a

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. Milevskyi is known both for his technical ability and physicality which allows him to play with a quicker forward. 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

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and

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. Milevskyi is a brother of Belarusian female tennis player Ksenia Milevskaya.

Club career

Early career and Dynamo Kyiv

Milevskyi played at youth level for Belarusian club Smena Minsk. In 2000, he moved to Ukrainian side Boryfsfen Boryspil before joining

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in 2002. He made his debut for Dynamo as a late substitute in a

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match against

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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

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against

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. In the 2005–06 season, Milevskyi began to show his talent for Dynamo, scoring 4 goals in 13 appearances. In 2006, Milevskyi 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''. He scored 8 goals in 21 appearances as Dynamo went unbeaten domestically during the 2006–07 season. Artem Milevskiy

On 6 September 2007, in the club's 80th anniversary, Milevskyi scored a header in a 2–2 friendly draw with

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. 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 Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

. On 6 August 2008, Milevskyi scored a crucial

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against

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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

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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 Milevskyi 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

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, losing to

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. Milevskyi'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 Milevskyi as he made just 15 appearances and scored 0 goals. He was released by Dynamo at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Gaziantepspor

Milevskyi signed a three-year contract with

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during the summer of 2013. While contracted to Gaziantepspor, Milevskyi crashed his

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, and went on to have his contract cancelled by mutual consent on 31 December 2013. He played less than 400 minutes of football that season for Gaziantepspor, scoring one goal and creating one assist. After his release from Gaziantepspor, Milevskyi joined Kazakh club

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in February 2014, however after only one week, there were reports his contract had been terminated. Artem recently described this as one of the toughest points of his career.

Hajduk Split

On 29 July 2014, Milevskyi signed for Croatian club Hajduk Split on a two-year deal. He made his debut for Hajduk in a 6–0 win against

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. 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.

RNK Split

After his Hajduk contract was terminated, Milevskyi signed for Hajduk's city rivals

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, however on 4 November 2015, he was released from the club.

Tosno

On 4 July 2017, Milevskyi left

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by mutual consent.

Dynamo Brest

Milevskyi joined Dynamo Brest for a second time in January 2019, on a contract until the end of 2020.

Mynai

On 24 December 2020 Milevskyi signed a contract for 1.5 years with Mynai, and thus returned to playing in the

. On 23 September 2021 Milevskyi publicly announced the end of his professional career.Milevskyi ended his football career

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(23 September 2021)

International career

Milevskyi began playing internationally for

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, being a part of the nation's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the

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, before taking Ukrainian nationality. 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

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. In next year's FIFA World Youth Championship, Milevskyi and Ukraine were ousted in the round of 16. Milevskyi then joined Ukraine's under-21 squad for the

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, where Ukraine finished in second place to

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; Milevskyi was picked by UEFA.com journalists as a member of the " Team of the Tournament", pitching as striker alongside the Netherlands'

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. During the tournament's group stage, also against the Netherlands, Milevskyi became known for his cheeky Panenka-style penalty taking in a 2–1 win. Later in the year, Milevskyi was selected for the nation's squad for the

. He would earn his first full

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for the Ukraine senior team on 19 June 2006 in a

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match against

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, coming on as a late substitute for striker Andriy Shevchenko in a 4–0 win. In the round of 16 match against Switzerland, Milevskyi 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, which backfired domestically on 26 October 2008, in a league match against

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). Ukraine won the shootout 3–0, but ended their 2006 World Cup campaign with a 3–0 loss to eventual champions

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in the quarter-finals. Milevskyi scored his first goal for the senior side on 6 February 2008 in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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. His second Ukraine goal was a penalty kick against

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in a friendly match in Cyprus on 10 February 2009. On 26 May 2012, he was called up by manager

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in the provisional list of 26 players for

and three days later for the final list. He made three appearances during the tournament as Ukraine was eliminated in

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

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Career statistics

Club

International

Source:

International goals

''Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Milevskyi goal.''

Honours

Club

;Dynamo Kyiv *

(4): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09 *

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(4): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 *

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(3): 2006, 2009, 2011 ;Dinamo Brest * Belarusian Premier League (1):

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(1): 2017–18 *

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(2):

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International

Ukraine U-21 *

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: runner-up 2006

Individual

* Top assister of the

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: 2008–09 * Top scorer of the

: 2009–10 *

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: 2008, 2009 * Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year: 2009

References

External links

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Milevskyi Hajduk Split profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milevskyi, Artem 1985 births Living people Footballers from Minsk Ukrainian footballers Belarusian footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Belarusian emigrants to Ukraine Naturalized citizens of Ukraine Association football forwards FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players Gaziantepspor footballers HNK Hajduk Split players RNK Split players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Tosno players FC Dynamo Brest players Kisvárda FC players FC Mynai players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Ukrainian Premier League top scorers Süper Lig players Croatian Football League players Liga I players Russian First League players Belarusian Premier League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Hungary Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Belarus youth international footballers Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukraine international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2012 players

Club career

Early career and Dynamo Kyiv

Gaziantepspor

Hajduk Split

RNK Split

Tosno

Dynamo Brest

Mynai

International career

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

International

Individual

See also

References

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