On the evening of March 9, Beijing time, the News from the Russian media said that the Ukrainian Football Association has deprived Ukrainian legend Anatoliy Tymoshchuck of all honors, including coach cards, as well as the number of appearances of the national team, Ukrainian football championships and all other records, in addition to its public recognition in China.
The reason why the Ukrainian Football Association "severely punished" Timoschuk is also very simple, because he still insisted on serving in the Russian Premier League champion team Zenit after the outbreak of the "Russian-Ukrainian conflict", and still has not publicly talked about the war to this day. Even more bizarre is that Tymosshchuk recently stopped paying him alimony under the pretext of Sanctions against Russia. In the end, the Ukrainian Football Federation could not bear it and stripped the national team legend of all honors.
Born in 1979, Timoshchuk was a midfielder as a player. During his career, he played for many European powerhouses such as Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit and Bayern Munich. After four years at Bayern, he made 132 appearances and helped Bayern win the Treble.
In the Ukrainian national team, Tymoschuk made a total of 144 appearances and contributed four goals. He won the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award in 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In the 2006 World Cup, Tymosshchuk joined hands with Shevchenko and Voronin to help the Ukrainian men's football team advance to the quarterfinals.
After retiring from the army, Timoschuk remained an assistant coach at Zenit. After a large number of Ukrainian players chose to terminate the contract with the Russian team, he still taught at Zenit and remained silent about the situation, which also triggered strong dissatisfaction among many Ukrainian celebrities and active internationals.