Valyantsin Byalkevich


Valyantsin Byalkevich was a Belarusian football player. He was most notably a member of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv from 1996 to 2008. During the late 1990s, he was a playmaker for Dynamo Kyiv of the UEFA Champions League, and helped them reach the semi-finals of 1998–99 competition.

Career

Club

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

International

In October 2005, Byalkevich retired from the Belarus national team, having scored 10 goals, while being capped 56 times.

Personal life

Byalkevich married Ukrainian pop singer Anna Sedokova in 2004. They had a daughter on 8 December 2004 and divorced in 2006.
In 2008, he accepted Ukrainian citizenship and continued to work in the Dynamo Kyiv football academy.

Death

Byalkevich died on 1 August 2014, after suffering an aneurysm.

Career statistics

International goals

Honors

Club

;Dinamo Minsk
;Dynamo Kyiv
;Belarusian Footballer of the Year : 1995
;Komanda : 2001, 2003