Over the past few years, the level of football in Ukraine has fallen so low that most of the players who made up the backbone of the Premier League teams began to look for earnings abroad. One of these athletes is Evgeny Shakhov. How was his football career? How did he end up in Greek PAOK?
Due to recent events in Ukraine, funding for many Ukrainian clubs decreased, which led to the fact that many of them left foreign legionnaires, some leading football players began to look for more promising clubs to continue their careers, and other previously famous clubs completely disappeared from the football card Ukraine. What kind of player is Evgeny Shakhov?
The beginning of the football career of a Ukrainian football player
Although Yevgeny Shakhov was born in the autumn of 1990 in Dnepropetrovsk, he takes his first steps on the football field in the capital of Ukraine in the city of Kiev. It was easy enough for Eugene to get a football education, since he was born in a football family. His father (also Eugene) spent sixteen years in big football and even became the USSR football champion along with the Dnepropetrovsk Dnipro team, and at the end of his football career he continued his football life as a coach. So his son followed in his footsteps, also becoming a footballer.
Young Zhenya Shakhov, at the age of fourteen, begins his performance for the Kiev youth team Otradny, and a year later, here in Kiev at the Change Obolon. Eugene plays in the midfield, at the end of 2005 he was invited to the youth team of Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro. Yevgeny Shakhov was considered one of the most talented football players of Ukraine at that time and was spotted by the coaches of the youth team of this country. In various youth teams, he played about seventy matches and scored seventeen goals. The highest achievement of that time was the European Championship title among youth under 19 in 2009.
Professional career of Evgeny Shakhov
In adult football, a talented boy, Zhenya Shakhov, began to play quite early. At the age of fifteen, he signs a contract with Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro. And holds, defending the colors of this club, about a hundred matches. Twice in his career, Eugene goes on loan to Kiev Arsenal, but in the same year he returns to his native club. Eugene’s success as a footballer of the national team of Ukraine is much more modest; he played for the team only three matches and scored one goal. Nevertheless, the current leadership of the Ukrainian national team believes that Yevgeny Shakhov (football) did not say his last word, and counts on him in the qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Greek present of Ukrainian football player
In 2016, the situation in Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro worsened sharply, its coach Miron Markevich leaves the club , and football players are reduced wages. Many of them face salary arrears. Leading football players leave the club. Greek PAOK acquires two Dnipro players, they were Matos and Evgeny Shakhov. The biography of the latter makes a sharp turn towards European football. In the 2016 season, the footballer spends eleven matches on the field, however, without scoring a single goal.
The future of Evgeny Shakhov
Of course, all the eyes of any football player on the planet are riveted to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Evgeny Shakhov is no exception. Having the European Youth Championship, Eugene would like not only to participate in the World Cup, but, just like in 2009, to bring the title from this tournament. But in order to fulfill this dream, Yevgeny Shakhov, together with the Ukrainian team, must work hard to win one of the trips to this mundial.