Valentin Belkevich
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Valyantsin Byalkevich is a Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

ian football
Football (soccer)
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 player. He is most notable for being a member of the Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 club Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

 from 1996 to 2008 and their all time leader in assists . During the late 1990s, he was instrumental as a playmaker for Dynamo Kyiv during their UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 triumphs, including helping them reach the semi-finals in the 1998–99 competition.

In September 1994 while playing for FC Dinamo Minsk, Byalkevich was banned from European competitions for one year by UEFA
UEFA
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 after testing positive for anabolic steroids following a UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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 match .

In 1995, Byalkevich won the Belarusian Footballer of the Year
Belarusian Footballer of the Year
Belarusian Player of the Year is a football award given annually since 1983 to the most outstanding Belarusian footballer. From 1983 to 1990 the voting was arranged by the newspaper Физкультурник Белоруссии . Since 1991 the voting is held by Belarusian newspaper Прессбол...

 award.

Byalkevich married Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 pop singer Anna Sedokova
Anna Sedokova
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 in 2004.

In October 2005, Byalkevich retired from the Belarus national team
Belarus national football team
The Belarus national football team represents Belarus in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk...

, having scored 10 goals, while being capped 56 times.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 May 1994 Olimpiysky National Sports Complex
Olimpiysky National Sports Complex
The Olympic National Sports Complex is a multi-use sports facility in Kiev, Ukraine, located on the slopes of city's central Cherepanov Hill, Pechersk Raion. The stadium is the premier sports venue of Ukraine and one of the world's largest...

, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 
1 – 0 1–3 Friendly
2 14 February 1996 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

, Turkey
Turkey
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1 – 0 2–3 Friendly
3 1 June 1996 Råsunda Stadium
Råsunda Stadium
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, Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden
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1 – 3 1–5 1998 World Cup qualifier
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4 14 October 1998 Ninian Park
Ninian Park
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, Cardiff
Cardiff
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, Wales
Wales
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2 – 1 2–3 Euro 2000 qualifier
5 31 March 1999 Stadio del Conero
Stadio del Conero
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, Ancona
Ancona
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, Italy
Italy
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1 – 0 1–1 Euro 2000 qualifier
6 2 September 2000 Dynama Stadium (Minsk), Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 
2 – 0 2–1 2002 World Cup qualifier
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....

7 6 June 2001 Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion
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, Oslo
Oslo
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, Norway
Norway
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1 – 0 1–1 2002 World Cup qualifier
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....

8 17 May 2002 Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) (1928), Russia
Russia
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1 – 0 1–1 LG Cup
9 19 May 2002 Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) (1928), Russia
Russia
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1 – 0 2–0 LG Cup
10 4 June 2005 Dynama Stadium (Minsk), Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 
1 – 1 1–1 2006 World Cup qualifier
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup...


Honors

With FC Dinamo Minsk:

Belarusian League: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Belarusian Cup: 1992, 1994

With FC Dynamo Kyiv

Vyscha Liha: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2003, 2004, 2007

Ukrainian Cup: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Ukrainian Super Cup: 2000, 2004, 2007

External links

Valentin Byalkevich profile on Dynamo Kyiv official website
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