Oleksandr Yevtushok

Oleksandr Yevtushok (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Васи́льович Євтушо́к, born 11 January 1970), sometimes called Alex Evtushok in the British media, is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Oleksandr Yevtushok
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Vasilovych Yevtushok
Date of birth (1970-01-11) 11 January 1970
Place of birth Dzhankoy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Central defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 SC Tavriya Simferopol 33 (0)
1992–1993 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 49 (2)
1993 → Yavir Krasnopillya (loan) 2 (0)
1993–1995 Karpaty Lviv 64 (4)
1995–1996 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 29 (2)
1996 → Karpaty Lviv (loan) 9 (0)
1997 Coventry City 3 (0)
1997 FC Zirka Smila 2 (1)
1998–1999 Karpaty Lviv 44 (5)
1998–1999 Karpaty-2 Lviv 3 (0)
2000 CSKA Kyiv 23 (2)
2000 CSKA-2 Kyiv 2 (0)
International career
1994–1998 Ukraine 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Yevtushok was born in Dzhankoy, Ukrainian SSR. He started his career in 1990 at SC Tavriya Simferopol, where he played the last two seasons of the Soviet First League. In 1992, he joined Naftovyk Okhtyrka, a team which was previously in the fourth tier of the Soviet League, for the inaugural Ukrainian Premier League season. The club was relegated and then finished in third place in the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League. He also played in the 1992–93 Ukrainian Second League for Yavir Krasnopillya, which also finished the third place.

He joined Karpaty Lviv in 1993 and scored the winning goal in the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup match against Shelbourne, which was the club's first European win.[1] He moved to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 1995, but later return to Karpaty Lviv on loan in 1996.

Yevtushok was signed by Premier League club Coventry City in 1997, becoming the first Ukrainian footballer to play in the competition (besides Andrei Kanchelskis, who decided to play for Russia).[2] In his debut, against Manchester United, he was replaced just after 30 minutes in a 3–1 loss.[3] He had two other appearances and was released after Coventry City escaped relegation on the final matchday.

He later returned to Ukraine and spent the rest of 1997 for FC Zirka Smila in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League, returning to Karpaty Lviv in the following year. He last played for FC CSKA Kyiv in 2000.

International career

Yevtushok earned eight caps for the Ukraine national team.[4]

References
  1. "ФК "Карпати" Львів. | «Зміна тренера стала новою мотивацією»". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "The Premiership's foreign legion". TheGuardian.com. 24 August 2005.
  3. "Coventry not out of jail: Football". Independent.co.uk. 10 March 1997.
  4. Ukrainian National Team Archived 6 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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