Valyantsin Byalkevich

Midfielder, Football player

1973 –

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Who is Valyantsin Byalkevich?

Valyantsin Byalkevich is a former Belarusian football player. He is most notable for being a member of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv from 1996 to 2008 and their all time leader in assists . During the late 1990s, he was instrumental as a playmaker for Dynamo Kyiv during their UEFA Champions League triumphs, including helping them reach the semi-finals in the 1998–99 competition.

In September 1994 while playing for FC Dinamo Minsk, Byalkevich was banned from European competitions for one year by UEFA after testing positive for anabolic steroids following a UEFA Cup match.

In 1995, Byalkevich won the Belarusian Footballer of the Year award.

Byalkevich married Ukrainian pop singer Anna Sedokova in 2004. They had a daughter on 8 December 2004 and divorced in 2006.

In October 2005, Byalkevich retired from the Belarus national team, having scored 10 goals, while being capped 56 times.

In 2008 he accepted a Ukrainian citizenship and continues to work in the Dynamo Kyiv football academy.

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Born
Jan 27, 1973
Minsk
Spouses
Nationality
  • Belarus
  • Soviet Union
Lived in
  • Minsk

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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