Personal life of Ukrainian national team players: wives, children and divorces
The Ukrainian team for the first time in history will play in the ¼ finals at the European Football Championship. On Tuesday, Andriy Shevchenko’s charges defeated the Swedish team 2-1. While our athletes are fighting for victory on the fields of European championships, their soulmates are cheering them on at home and in the stands.
Ukraine coach Andriy Shevchenko in yesterday’s match could count on the support of his family, who came to cheer on the “blue-yellow” in Glasgow. In two weeks, the legendary Ukrainian forward will celebrate his 17th wedding anniversary with American model Kristen Pazik. The couple is raising four sons, Christian, Alexander, Jordan and Ryder Gabriel.
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Artem Dovbyk, the main hero of yesterday’s match, will celebrate his first anniversary with his wife this month. Last July, the 24-year-old soccer player married his beloved Julia.
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Aleksandr Zinchenko is preparing to become a father for the first time as the author of another year in the fight against the Swedes. In the spring of 2020, the 24-year-old Manchester City midfielder signed in London with sports journalist Vlada Sedan. The couple had a bright wedding last August in Kiev.
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On the eve of the match against Sweden Andriy Pyatov marked his 37th birthday. In June, the Ukrainian goalkeeper and his wife Yulia celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary. It is known that the couple first began a friendly relationship, which later grew into a romantic one. Andrei and Yulia have four children – daughters Daria, Milana, Maya, and son Lev.
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Anna Sidorchuk with her daughter Kira and twins Nikola and Nikita joined the family flash mob to support their loved ones at the Euro. Dynamo midfielder Sergei Sidorchuk was also initially just friends with his future wife, whom he met in 2009. After only two years of acquaintance, the couple had an affair, and in 2014 they played a wedding in “white and blue” colors.
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Margarita Stepanenko and the boys Yaroslav, Svyatoslav and Myron are cheering for their husband and father. Shakhtar midfielder said goodbye to his bachelor status in 2013. By that time Taras Stepanenko and Margarita had already been dating for five years.
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Ruslan Malinovsky and his wife Roxana are preparing for their five-year anniversary. Interestingly, the couple played the wedding on the birthday of the girl’s father. In 2019, the Atalanta midfielder became a father for the first time. The baby was named Olivia.
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Andrey Yarmolenko and his wife Inna are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary this year. The couple had lived together for four years prior to their marriage. Winger met his soul mate at the disco. Inna and her three sons, Ivan, Daniil and Maxim, support their father in Great Britain, where the Ukrainian plays for the West Ham United club.
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Goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national team Georgiy Buschan divorced his wife in 2019. The soccer player and the honored artist of Ukraine, ballerina Kristina Shishpor got married in 2014. In the same year, the couple had a daughter, Julia. Dynamo goalkeeper says that her daughter is also engaged in ballet, just like her mother, and also communicates well in English.
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Last year, “Konyaspor” forward Artem Kravets and his wife Anna were on the verge of divorce. The couple met online in 2008, and two years later they married. Artem and Anna announced in social networks about their separation, but because of the quarantine and restrictions, they did not have time to divorce. The couple managed to keep the family together: they are raising twins Vladislav and Ivan.
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Text: Maria Melnik
