Illya Shevtsov

Illya Shevtsov (Ukrainian: Ілля Сергійович Шевцов; born 13 April 2000) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Desna Chernihiv.

Illya Shevtsov
Personal information
Full name Illya Serhiyovych Shevtsov
Date of birth (2000-04-13) 13 April 2000[1]
Place of birth Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Desna Chernihiv[2]
Number 90[2]
Youth career
2011–2015 Krystal Kherson
2017 Shakhtar Donetsk academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Krystal Kherson 36 (4)
2017–2019 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
2018–2019 →Krystal Kherson (loan) 12 (5)
2019– Desna Chernihiv 7 (1)
National team‡
2016–2017 Ukraine U17 7 (1)
2020 Ukraine U21 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 September 2020

He is a son of Ukrainian footballer and coach Serhiy Shevtsov.[3]

Career

Shevtsov started his professional football career at 15 playing in the Ukrainian Second League for FC Krystal Kherson. He made his debut in the Ukrainian Second League in a home game against FC Real Pharma Odesa coming out as a substitute at the end of game on 8 August 2015.[4]

Earlier on 22 July 2015 Shevtsov also came out as a substitute in a away game of the club against FC Real Pharma Odesa in the Ukrainian Cup.

In December 2016 he signed with Shakhtar where he played for a year for its under-19 team.[3]

Desna Chernihiv

In 2019 Shevtsov signed with FC Desna Chernihiv and in the 2019–20 UPL championship among under-21 team he became a top scorer.[5]

Illya Shevtsov was included as the in the team Desna Chernihiv against VfL Wolfsburg for the Europa League third qualifying round at the AOK Stadion and played in the second half replacing Pylyp Budkivskyi.[6]

On 24 October 2020 he scored his first goal, the winning goal for a 0–2 win against Olimpik Donetsk at the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium for the Ukrainian Premier League in the season 2020-21.[7]

On 30 January 2021 he scored against KF Shkëndija in the second half in the friendly match ended 3-1 for Desna.[8]

National Team

In 2017 Shevtsov was on the Ukraine under-17 team helping it qualify for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia.[9] He played 7 games and scored a goal.[9] Shevtsov did not make the squad to go for the finals.

He was included in the team of Ukraine U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8.[10]On 9 October 2020, he made his debut in Ukraine U21 against Romania U21, replacing Danylo Sikan at the 66' minutes of second half.[11][12]

On 13 November 2020, he scored his first goal with the Ukraine U21 against Malta U21 on the away victory 1–4 away at the Gozo Stadium, Gozo for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 December 2020[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kherson 2015-16 Ukrainian Second League 242200000262
2016-17 Ukrainian Second League 122000000122
Shakhtar Donetsk 2017-18 Ukrainian Premier League 0000000000
Kherson 2018-19 Ukrainian Second League 125100000135
Desna Chernihiv U21 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves 32130000003213
Desna Chernihiv 2020-21 Ukrainian Premier League 71101[lower-alpha 1]00091
Career total 872340101829223

International
As of match played 20 December 2020[14]
Ukraine Under 21
Year Apps Goals
202041
Total 41
  1. one appearance in Europa League third qualifying round round

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Illia Shevtsov. Footboom.
  2. Illia Shevtsov. Ukrainian Premier League.
  3. Trainee of Krystal and Shakhtar signed up in Chernihiv (Воспитанник Кристалла и Шахтера подписался в Чернигове). Goldtalant.com. 31 July 2019
  4. ПРОТОКОЛ МАТЧУ. 3 ТУР. (in Ukrainian). Official PFL Site. 8 August 2015.
  5. The 2019–20 U-21 Championship: scorers. Ukrainian Premier League.
  6. "Wolfsburg (GER) 2-0 Desna (UKR)". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. "Illya Shevtsov scored against Olimpik Donetsk". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  8. "«Десна» уверенно переиграла «Шкендию-79» в контрольном матче". www.xsport.ua. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. The Ukraine national team: the European championship, scorer from Shakhtar and goalkeeper from Espanyol (Сборная Украины: чемпионат Европы, бомбардир из Шахтера и вратарь из Эспаньола). Goldtalant.com. 10 January 2018
  10. "Сикан и Цитаишвили – в заявке Украины U-21 на ближайшие матчи". www.sport.ua. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  11. "Ukraine 1-0 Romania". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. "Україна U-21 перемогла Румунію завдяки спірному пенальті – примарні шанси на Євро ще залишаються". www.football24.ua. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. "Malta U21 1 - 4 Ukraine U21". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  14. Illya Shevtsov at Soccerway
  15. "Шевцов Илья Сергеевич". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  16. "U-21 Championship". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

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