Do You Remember Them #23- Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
- Andrew Cheam
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min read
Biodata
Full Name: Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk
Nationality: Ukrainian
Date of Birth: 30 March 1979
Position: Defensive Midfielder/ Centre Back
Former Clubs:
1995- 1997 Volyn Lutsk
1998- 2007 Shakhtar Donetsk
1998- 2001 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (youth)
2007- 2009 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2009- 2013 Bayern Munich
2013- 2015 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2015- 2016 Kairat
International Career:
2000- 2016 Ukraine
Achievement:
Shakhtar Donetsk-2
1997- 1998 Ukrainian Second League
Shakhtar Donetsk
2000- 2001 Ukrainian Cup
2001- 2002 Ukrainian Premier League
2001- 2002 Ukrainian Cup
2002- 2003 Ukrainian Cup
2003- 2004 Ukrainian Cup
2004- 2005 Ukrainian Premier League
2005 Ukrainian Super Cup
2005- 2006 Ukrainian Premier League
Zenit Saint Petersburg
2007 Russian Premier League
2007- 2008 UEFA Cup
2008 Russian Super Cup
2008 UEFA Super Cup
2014- 2015 Russian Premier League
Bayern Munich
2009- 2010 Bundesliga
2009- 2010 DFB Pokal
2010 DFL-Supercup
2012 DFL-Supercup
2012- 2013 Bundesliga
2012- 2013 DFB Pokal
2012- 2013 UEFA Champions League
Kairat
2015 Kazakhstan Cup
2016 Kazakhstan Super Cup
Career
When we mentioned the Ukrainian football player, we mostly will think of Andriy Shevchenko and he is undoubtedly the best football player in the history of Ukrainian football. However, there are some players who also deserve to enter the discussion of the best Ukrainian football player didn’t get the same love from both media and football fans. One of the Ukrainian players who deserved more recognition is Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk started his career as a youth player in his hometown club, Volyn Lutsk. At the age of 16, Tymoshchuk got his first professional match for Volyn Lutsk and played almost 60 games in his 2 seasons at the club. His performance had attracted the attention of Shakhtar Donetsk and signed him up at the age of 18. It was in Shakhtar Donetsk that Tymoshchuk gained his reputation as a young midfield talent in Ukraine. He even got his first-ever national cap for Ukraine in a friendly against Bulgaria, where he started in the match. Since then, Tymoshchuk started his trophy-laden career in Shakhtar as he leads the team to win the 2000- 2001 Ukrainian Cup. This is the first of the many silverwares in Tymoshchuk decorative career. In his following years in Donetsk, he helped the club to win 8 silverwares in 6 years and started the dominance of Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukrainian League.
His career came to the new height in 2006 as him and Shevchenko lead Ukraine to reach Quarterfinals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, which Ukraine lost to the eventual winner, Italy. His stock had never been higher as he caught the attention of several European clubs such as Juventus, Celtic and Roma. He eventually left Ukraine in February 2007 to join Russian side, Zenit Saint Petersburg. In his first season in Saint Petersburg, he helped the club to win their first-ever Russian Premier League title. Tymoshchuk’s second season in the club had pushed his career to a new height as he helped Zenit Saint Petersburg to win the 2008 UEFA Cup against Rangers and most famously 2008 UEFA Super Cup against Manchester United.
This sort of performance had certainly attracted the attention of several European clubs. In the end, Bayern Munich announced they will sign Tymoshchuk on February 2009 and he will join the club on July 2009. His official debut match for the Bavarian side was in a match against Hoffenheim, where he replaced Mark van Bommel for the remaining 10 minutes of the match. In his four seasons stay in Bayern Munich, Tymoshchuk was the main midfielder anchor of the team, played 132 matches in the process. He enjoyed a trophy-laden career in Bavaria as he had helped his side to win 5 silverwares, including the remarkable treble in his final season in Germany. However, the arrival of Javi Martinez from Atletico Bilbao means Tymoshchuk’s time in Germany was in a countdown. At the end of 2012-2013 season, Tymoshchuk joined Zenit on a free transfer.
However, Tymoshchuk’s return to Saint Petersburg was not as impressive as his first stint there. Despite helping Zenit Saint Petersburg to win another Russian Premier League, his performance was not as influential as he imagined. Tymoshchuk was swiftly moved on from Zenit Saint Petersburg after just two years stay in the club. Weirdly enough, he signed for Kazakhstan side, Kairat in an 18-month contract. In his short spell in Kazakhstan, Tymoshchuk had helped Kairat to a consecutive second-place finish in the Kazakhstan Premier League and win the 2015 Kazakhstan at the same time. Despite playing in the obscure league, Tymoshchuk still got selected in the Ukrainian Euro 2016 squad, captaining his nation at the same time. After Ukraine was eliminated from Euro 2016, Tymoshchuk announced his retirement from international football. Later that year, he left Kairat upon the completion of his contract and hung up his boots since then.
Post Retirement
After he left Kairat, Tymoshchuk began studying for his PRO coaching license. After the completion of his course, he returned to Zenit Saint Petersburg once more on 2017, this time as an assistant manager, where he remains until now. He had worked under several top managers such as Sergey Semak and Roberto Mancini during his time as the assistant manager of the club.
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