Oleksiy Hryhorovych Byelik (Ukrainian: Олексій Григорович Бєлік; born 15 February 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional football forward.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oleksiy Hryhorovych Byelik | ||
Date of birth | (1981-02-15) 15 February 1981 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Donetsk, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Shakhtar Donetsk | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2008 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 144 | (51) |
2008 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2008–2011 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 25 | (4) |
2011–2012 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 24 | (13) |
Total | 197 | (68) | |
National team | |||
2004–2007 | Ukraine | 19 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2013 |
He played for the Ukraine national football team[1] and appeared on the main squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Also with three goals scored, Byelik was a leading scorer for the Ukraine U-20 team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was also on the Ukraine U-18 squad at final of the 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.
Born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Byelik started his career in FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He was a regular starter for the club until 2006 FIFA World Cup, after which he was seldom used.
In the January 2008 transfer window, Byelik was loaned from Shakhtar to German Bundesliga side, VfL Bochum. He made his first start for VfL Bochum against VfL Wolfsburg where he hit the post and received a yellow card, but was substituted in the 58th minute. He was used in a total of four games and returned to Shakhtar in the summer of 2008.
On 5 August 2008, after some short negotiations Byelik signed with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on a three-year contract, with a transfer fee of $5.5 million.[2] He debuted for the club on 23 August 2008, in a league match which Dnipro ended drawing 0–0. Byelik was subbed in the 59th minute and made an impact with a few of his shots. He also got a yellow card in the 90+1 minute for shooting the ball after it was called offside.[3]
He last played for Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian First League.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Super Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shakhtar | 1999–00 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 |
2000–01 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 25 | 6 | |
2001–02 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 3 | |
2002–03 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 38 | 25 | |
2003–04 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 3 | |
2004–05 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 6 | |
2005–06 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | |
2006–07 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 10 | |
2007–08 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | |
Bochum | 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
Dnipro | 2008–09 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 |
2009–10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 0 | |
2010–11 | - | ||||||||||
Metalurh Z | 2011–12 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 13 |
2012–13 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | |
Total for Shakhtar | 144 | 51 | 32 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 209 | 65 | |
Career total | 197 | 68 | 38 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 85 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 September 2004 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | ![]() | 1–2 | Won | 2006 World Cup qualification |
2. | 12 October 2004 | Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine | ![]() | 2–0 | Won | 2006 World Cup qualification |
3. | 28 May 2006 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() | 4–0 | Won | Friendly |
4. | 5 June 2006 | Sportanlage Buechenwald, Gossau, St. Gallen, Switzerland | ![]() | 0–3 | Won | Friendly |
5. | 15 August 2006 | Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() | 6–0 | Won | Friendly |
Ukraine squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup | ||
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