Kiev: Ukraine want former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp to take charge of their national team after being turned down by Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko. Englishman Redknapp, 65, sacked by Spurs in June, emerged as favourite when Ukrainian Football Federation (FFU) chiefs met on Tuesday, a statement said on the federation's website here "The praesidium took the decision to begin talks with Redknapp's representatives relating to him working in the post of chief coach of the national Ukraine team," the statement said.
FFU official Mikhail Fomenko, in comments quoted by the website, said Redknapp fitted the bill. "He has a lot of experience, coaching talent and knows how to motivate footballers," Fomenko said. "In whatever team he led Redknapp very quickly improved the quality of the play and achieved significant progress. Today he is an expert in the game and one of the best England coaches," Fomenko said.
Redknapp enjoyed an eventful four-year spell as Spurs manager, taking them from the bottom of the Premier League to victories over European giants in the Champions League. He was heavily linked to the England job before the Football Association appointed Roy Hodgson in May. Ukraine's soccer chiefs first turned to retired striker Shevchenko to fill the post left vacant by Oleg Blokhin who departed to coach top Ukrainian club Dynamo Kiev.
But Shevchenko, 36, who played for AC Milan and Chelsea as well as Dynamo Kiev in a glittering career, turned the job down on Monday saying it was
09:51 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Retired Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko has been asked to coach the national team seeking to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, the Ukraine soccer federation said on Monday. "Andriy Konkov, president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, made a decision to offer Andriy Shevchenko the job of head coach of the Ukraine team", the FFU's official website said. Shevchenko, 36, who played for Italy's AC Milan and...
08:38 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Kiev: Famed Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has quit football to start a career in politics with an independent party just months ahead of the October parliamentary election. Shevchenko has joined "Ukraine - Forward!", formed this year by politicians who were expelled by the main opposition coalition that used to be led by former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the party said. "Perhaps, I will shock everyone: my future has nothing to...
08:19 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Donetsk: Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko announced he will retire from international football after his country's elimination from Euro 2012 following a 1-0 defeat by England on Tuesday. Shevchenko told reporters he intends to says his farewell in a friendly game before standing down from national team duty. The 35-year-old, who is his country's youngest and oldest goal-scorer and record marksman with 48 goals in 111 appearances, was on the bench...
09:08 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Warsaw: The Donetsk jinx hanging over Ukraine will forever be forgotten if the Euro 2012 co-hosts can beat England at the Donbass Arena after four failed attempts. But they may well have to do so without national hero Andriy Shevchenko, scorer of two goals in their win over Sweden, after the 48-goal striker was rated as "50-50" by coach Oleg Blokhin due to a knee injury. Blokhin has said all...
09:56 AM, Jun 19, 2012
At the age of 35, Ukraine captain Andriy Shevchenko played the first European Championship match of his superb career. From being a legendary figure at AC Milan to a huge flop at Chelsea, the hit man rolled back the years with two of the finest finishes so far in Euro 2012. The former Ballon d'Or winner helped his team come back from a goal down to beat a strong Sweden...
01:06 PM, Jun 12, 2012
CNN-IBN's panel of football experts analyse Ukraine's upset win against Sweden and the drawn England-France encounter. ...
10:45 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Kiev, Ukraine: As soon as Andriy Shevchenko had scored his second goal of the evening, he knew who he had to thank. While fans shouted "Sheva, Sheva," the Ukraine veteran striker sprinted to the sideline and embraced his coach Oleg Blokhin, who decided against the odds to play Shevchenko from the start in the co-hosts' European Championship match against Sweden on Monday. Shevchenko and Blokhin hugged each other intensely again...
09:22 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Most of the media attention Ukraine has received in the lead-up to Euro 2012 has focused on the country's status as tournament co-hosts. Fears over the behaviour of supporters, threats of racism and there are still question marks over the security in the country. With less than four days left, Ukraine - ranked 50th in the FIFA World Rankings - will be making their first appearance at the European Championship....
12:01 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Shevchenko has enjoyed a good week following his goal against England. ...
01:12 AM, Apr 08, 2009
Shevchenko's torrid stint at Chelsea seems to have moved on with him to Milan. ...
11:54 PM, Feb 06, 2009
