Andriy Pyatov

Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov (Ukrainian: Андрій Валерійович П'ятов, born 28 June 1984 in Kirovohrad, Ukraine) 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 £640,000 on 13 December 2006.^{[citation needed]} 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.

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.

Honours

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2

2008, 2010

• Ukrainian Cup: 1

2008

• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2

2008, 2010

• UEFA Cup: 1

2009

Club statistics

As of 18 October 2010

* Cup - National Cup & Super Cup

External links

• Profile at Official Shakhtar website
• National-football-teams Profile

v t e Ukraine squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Runners-up 1 Pyatov 2 Romanchuk 3 Ischenko 4 Nevmyvaka 5 Yatsenko 6 Chygrynskiy 7 Feshchuk 8 Aliyev 9 Pukanych 10 Milevskiy 11 Fomin 12 Rybka 13 Pylypchuk 14 Cheberyachko 15 Yarmash 16 Kryvosheyenko 17 Mykhalyk 18 Hodin 19 Maksymov 20 Sytnyk 21 Oberemko 22 Shyryayev Coach: Mikhailichenko

v t e Ukraine squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Shovkovskiy 2 Nesmachniy 3 Yatsenko 4 Tymoshchuk 5 Yezerskiy 6 Rusol 7 Shevchenko (c) 8 Shelayev 9 Husyev 10 Voronin 11 Rebrov 12 Pyatov 13 Chygrynskiy 14 Husin 15 Milevskiy 16 Vorobey 17 Vashchuk 18 Nazarenko 19 Kalynychenko 20 Byelik 21 Rotan 22 Sviderskyi 23 Shust Coach: Blokhin

v t e Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Koval 2 Selin 3 Khacheridi 4 Tymoshchuk 5 Kucher 6 Harmash 7 Shevchenko (c) 8 Aliyev 9 Husyev 10 Voronin 11 Yarmolenko 12 Pyatov 13 Shevchuk 14 Rotan 15 Milevskiy 16 Seleznyov 17 Mykhalyk 18 Nazarenko 19 Konoplyanka 20 Rakitskiy 21 Butko 22 Devych 23 Horyainov Coach: Blokhin