Oleksiy Byelik

Oleksiy Byelik
Personal information
Full name	Oleksiy Hryhorovych Byelik
Date of birth	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
1998–2008	Shakhtar Donetsk
1998–2004	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
2008	→ VfL Bochum (loan)
2008–2011	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2011–2012	Metalurh Zaporizhya
Total
International career
2000–2003	Ukraine U21
2004–2007	Ukraine
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Ukraine
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Career

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 April 2012

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
Club	Season	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.

List of international goals scored by Oleksiy Byelik^[4]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
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