Kristen Pazik (born 11 August 1978) is an American and

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. Pazik married Ukrainian

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Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

in July 2004. The couple have four sons, Jordan, Christian, Olexandr and Rider. She, unlike her husband, who is

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. Pazik is the daughter of former professional baseball player,

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.Andriy Shevchenko: Still has the right stuff

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, 14 June 2012

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