Oleksiy_Byelik
Oleksiy Byelik
Ukrainian footballer (born 1981)
Oleksiy Hryhorovych Byelik (Ukrainian: Олексій Григорович Бєлік; born 15 February 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Ukraine national 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 U18 squad at final of the 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.
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| Full name | Oleksiy Hryhorovych Byelik | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1981-02-15) 15 February 1981 (age 43) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Donetsk, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 0000–1998 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2008 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 144 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 60 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 24 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 257 | (83) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Ukraine U21 | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Ukraine | 19 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Shakhtar Donetsk
Born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Byelik started his career in Shakhtar Donetsk. He was a regular starter for the club until 2006 FIFA World Cup, after which he was seldom used.
VfL Bochum
In the January 2008 transfer window, Byelik was loaned from Shakhtar to 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.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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]
Metalurh Zaporizhya
He last played for Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian First League.
Club
- As of 13 April 2012
| 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 | |||
| Total | 144 | 51 | 32 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 209 | 65 | |
| VfL Bochum (loan) | 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2008–09 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 20 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2011–12 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 13 | ||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 | |
| Career total | 197 | 68 | 38 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 85 | |
International
- Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Byelik goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 8 September 2004 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 1–2 | 2006 World Cup qualification | |
| 2 | 12 October 2004 | Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine |  Georgia | 2–0 | 2006 World Cup qualification | |
| 3 | 28 May 2006 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Costa Rica | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 4 | 5 June 2006 | Sportanlage Buechenwald, Gossau, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Libya | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 15 August 2006 | Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Azerbaijan | 6–0 | Friendly |
- Matthias Arnhold (15 July 2011). "Oleksiy Hryhoriyovych Byelik – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- Андрей Стеценко: "Белик обошелся в $5 млн." (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- "Live commentaries of the match". Official Dnipro website (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2008.
- "Football PLAYER: Oleksiy Byelik". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- Oleksiy Byelik at the Professional Football League (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksiy Byelik at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksiy Byelik at Soccerway
- Oleksiy Belik – from Argentine to Shakhtar deepness (in Russian)
