Andriy Pyatov

Andriy Pyatov

Pyatov playing for Ukraine at the UEFA Euro 2012
Personal information
Full name	Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov
Date of birth	(1984-06-28) 28 June 1984
Place of birth	Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	30
Youth career
	Vorskla Poltava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2007	Vorskla Poltava	46	(0)
2007–	Shakhtar Donetsk	144	(0)
International career‡
2006–	Ukraine U-21	22	(0)
2007–	Ukraine	46	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2013

Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov (Template:Lang-uk, born 28 June 1984 in Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Career

Club

Pyatov started his career in Vorskla Poltava in 2002. He was bought by Shakhtar from Vorskla for approximately £880,000 on 13 December 2006. He spent the rest of the 2006–07 season on loan at Vorskla Poltava. In the 2007–08 season, Pyatov replaced Bohdan Shust as the main goalkeeper of Shakhtar Donetsk, playing in league, cup, and UEFA Champions League matches, keeping two clean sheets. For the 2008–2009 season Pyatov will have serious competition for his No.1 spot as Shakhtar loaned out Bohdan Shust, and signed FC Kharkiv 'keeper Rustam Khudzhamov who is reaching his prime and saved FC Kharkiv from relegation. But after Shakhtars' 2–0 loss to FC Lviv, Pyatov regained his place as the clubs' No.1.In a home champions league fixture against F.C. Barcelona Pyatov made 7 crucial saves as Shakhtar were leading 1–0, until Bojan Krkić sent in a cross which was spilled by Pyatov for Lionel Messi to easily tap in to make it 1–1 in the 85th. But things went from bad to worse as another cross was sent in Messi rose and headed home giving Barcelona the win, and ruining Pyatovs perfect game.Pyatov has cemented his spot as Shakhtars' No.1 after great performances in the UEFA Cup 2008-09 which saw Shakhtar reach the final, beating fellow Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv in the first ever all Ukrainian Semi Final. His appearance in the final was marred as he spilled Naldo's freekick into the net to give Werder Bremen an equaliser but Shakhtar won 2–1 in extra time. On 1 November 2009 vs Chornomorets Odessa Pyatov played his 100th game for Shakhtar (conceding 72 goals), and in this game he won the Man of the Match, and is also the 1st time coach (Mircea Lucescu) ever named a goalkeeper Man of the Match.

Pyatov playing for Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2012.

International

Pyatov was a member of the Ukrainian national under-21 team where he has played 20 matches. He was also part of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup squad which got to the quarter-finals. He has made 23 appearances for the Ukrainian national team and has let in 4 goals, keeping clean sheets against Poland, Sweden, Croatia and the Faroe Islands. He started the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a clean sheet against Belarus to help Ukraine win 1–0 in Lviv. In the 0–0 draw against Croatia, Pyatov was instrumental in denying Luka Modrić on two occasions, and as well as other to secure a point for his country. In November 2013 Pyatov set a new record of minutes without a goal for the national team, beating the record of Alexander Shovkovsky.

Honours

• Ukrainian Premier League: 4

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• Ukrainian Cup: 3

2008, 2011, 2012

• Ukrainian Super Cup: 3

2009, 2010, 2012

• UEFA Cup: 1

2009

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 April 2012

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar	2007–08	23	0	4	0	10	0	1	0	38	0
	2008–09	24	0	3	0	17	0	-	-	44	0
	2009–10	27	0	2	0	12	0	-	-	41	0
	2010–11	29	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	42	0
	2011–12	10	0	4	0	-	-	1	0	15	0
	2012–13	19	0	3	0	8	0	1	0	31	0
Total		132	0	18	0	57	0	4	0	211	0

External links

• Profile at Official Shakhtar website
• Andriy Pyatov at National-Football-Teams.com