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Shevchenko transfer completed

Chelsea Football Club can confirm that Andriy Shevchenko has signed from AC Milan for a club record fee.

Shevchenko completed a medical and agreed personal terms at Stamford Bridge today (Wednesday). He has signed a four year contract.

The former European Footballer of the Year said: “I am here for the challenge and the excitement of playing in the Premier League. I am going from one big club to another and joining a team of champions.

“There is a right moment to join a football club and I think I have arrived here at the perfect time. The Champions League has to be a realistic target for next season but it is not just about the Champions League. Chelsea is going for their third Premiership as well and I like the club's mentality of wanting to win every game they play.

“I have followed Mr. Mourinho's career carefully for the last few years and have been hugely impressed with the way he manages. He puts team ethic before individual expression which is the way I believe great teams are created. Had money been my motivation for coming, I would probably have stayed in Milan.

Name: Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko

Born: September 29, 1976, Dvirkivschyna, near Kiev

Height: 1.83 m (6ft)

Weight: 72kg (11.3st)

Career History

Chelsea Football Club 2006 - Sets Chelsea transfer record

AC Milan 1999 - 2006

Second highest scorer in Milan's history with 173 goals in 296 games
European Footballer of the Year 2004
Serie A Championship: 2004 Serie A Top Scorer: 2000, 2004 Italian Cup: 2003 Champions League: 2003 European Super Cup: 2003

Dynamo Kiev 1994 - 1999

Made professional debut in 1994 and netted 94 goals in 166 games for Dynamo Ukrainian Championship: 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995 Ukrainian Cup: 1998, 1996

International

Captain of the Ukrainian national team and has scored 28 goals in 63 internationals

European Record

Set the competition record with 52 Champions League goals in 90 games

Chelsea forever! *raises wine glass*