Role Football player Height 1.81 m | Years Team Name Valyantsin Byalkevich | |
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Full name Valyantsin Mihaylavich Byalkevich Date of birth (1973-01-27)27 January 1973 Date of death 1 August 2014(2014-08-01) (aged 41) Children Alina Valentinovna Belkevich Parents Valentina Belkevich, Nikolay Belkevich | ||
Valyantsin Byalkevich (Belarusian: Валянцін Бялькевіч; 27 January 1973 – 1 August 2014), also sometimes spelled "Valiantsin Bialkevich") 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.
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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 Russian pop singer Anna Sedokova (born in Ukraine) 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.