We probably thought he would do after Euro 2012 and yesterday he made it official, Andriy Shevchenko has retired from football to pursue a career in politics.
One of the stars of his generation Shevchenko was part of the great Dynamo Kiev side of the late 90s, who came close to becoming the first Ukrainian winners of the Champions League.
He then moved to A.C. Milan where he won the Champions League and established himself as one of the games greats, scoring 175 goals for the Rosseneri and winning the prestigious Ballon D'or in 2004.
Unfortunately his success at club level would never be matched on the international stage, however he did manage to guide his country to the quarter finals of the World Cup in their first appearance in 2006, and earlier in the summer he was easily his countries best player as Ukraine hosted Euro 2012.
He finished his career with 321 club goals and 48 for Ukraine easily making him their top scorer some 33 ahead of Serhiy Rebrov.
If his success in the political arena even comes close to his success in football, we could see him walking into no.10 as a visiting premier.
If his success in the political arena even comes close to his success in football, we could see him walking into no.10 as a visiting premier.
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