Vadym Anatolyovich Yevtushenko ( uk, Вадим Анатолійович Євтушенко) (born 1 January 1958) is a Ukrainian professional

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who played as a midfielder or

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Career

During his career he played almost exclusively for Dynamo Kyiv. He earned 12 caps for the USSR national team and was included in the squads for the

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(he did not play in any games there) and

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

World Cups. He scored his only goal for USSR on 26 July 1983 in a friendly against East Germany. He scored a goal as Dynamo Kyiv won the

1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final The 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Atlético Madrid of Spain and FC Dynamo Kyiv of the Soviet Union. It was the final match of the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 26th competition final. The ...

. In the late 1980s Yevtushenko moved to Sweden and became Swedish champion with AIK in 1992. After concluding his playing career in Sweden at IK Sirius two years later, he remained in Swedish football as first an assistant and then head coach for longer than a decade before moving back to Ukrainian football after 2008.

Personal life

His son,

Vyacheslav Yevtushenko Vyacheslav Jevtushenko (born 26 July 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Following his retirement from playing, he worked as a coach. Beside Swedish citizenship, he has a Ukrainian as well. He is a son ...

played for AIK in early 2000s. Another son Vadim Jevtusheenko played for Vasalunds IF.

Honours

* Soviet Top League: 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988 * Soviet Cup: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 * Cup Winners Cup: 1986 * Swedish League: 1992

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070825194046/http://www.valstasyrianska.nu/html/ateam.asp?playerID=49 *https://www.arlandafotboll.se/news/6795528?firstRef 1958 births Living people People from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Ukrainian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet expatriate footballers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dnipro players AIK Fotboll players Soviet Top League players Allsvenskan players 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Union international footballers Ukrainian Premier League managers FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi managers FC Vorskla Poltava managers FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv managers IK Sirius Fotboll players Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff Association football midfielders Association football forwards Ukrainian football managers FC Cherkashchyna managers FC Krystal Kherson managers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast {{USSR-footy-bio-stub