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association football player

Oleh Anatoliyovych Husyev is a Ukrainian football midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national football team

Career

He is a winger who can also play right full-back. He has made over 250 Ukrainian Premier League appearances for Dynamo, winning the league three times in addition to four Ukrainian Cups and five Ukrainian Super Cups. A full international since 2003, Husyev has earned over 95 caps, making him the nation"s third-most capped player and fourth-highest international goalscorer of all time.

He represented Ukraine at the 2006 and Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012.

Husyev transferred to Dynamo in the summer of 2003. Following his strong display in the 2006, he was linked with a move to French side Olympique Lyonnais.

However, President Ihor Surkis stated that Husyev, along with fellow players Artem Milevskiy and Ruslan Rotan, are "the future of ". On 30 March 2014 Husyev suffered a knee to the head from goalkeeper Denys Boyko (on loan from to Dnipro) grabbing a ball in midair, this collision knocked him to the ground, where he laid motionless for a few seconds before one of the Dnipro midfielders, Jaba Kankava, ran over to open Husyev"s mouth and moved his tongue to allow Husyev to breathe.

Kankava is credited with possibly saving Husyev"s life.

Husyev made his senior international debut for Ukraine on 20 August 2003, replacing fellow debutant Serhiy Tkachenko at half time in a 0–2 friendly defeat to Romania at the Shakhtar Stadium in Donetsk. He also played all of their matches as they co-hosted Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012 with Poland, in a group stage exit. Club Individual.

Achievements

  • Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Premier League (4): 2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2014-2015 Ukrainian Cup (5): 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Ukrainian Super Cup (5): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 Ukrainian Premier League Football player of the Year (1): 2005.