Valentin Belkevich - Belarusian football legend

Valentin Belkevich - a former Belarusian footballer and coach, who spent most of his career spent in Ukraine. In 2014, he died at the age of 41 from thromboembolism. As a player, Valentin Belkevich performed at the position of left midfielder.

Early career

Valentin Belkevich was born January 27, 1973 in the USSR, in the city of Minsk - where he started playing football, first joining the Minsk Sports School, and then to the Academy of Minsk "Dynamo". He went through all the stages of preparation, and played for the youth of different age categories, while in 1991 did not sign a professional contract with the then Soviet club. However, for the club from the Soviet Union, he spent only two matches, because already in 1992. "Dinamo" acted in the Belarus Championship. Valentin Belkevich at the time was a great talent, and getting possession as much as any adult player held. And he made a great contribution to the fact that in the first season of the newly formed championship Belarus Minsk "Dynamo" was the champion. In the five years that Valentin had at the club, he played 131 games, scoring 54 goals. And in each of these five years, "Dynamo" became the champion of Belarus, but twice - and even the owner of the Cup of Belarus. However, the summer of 1996 it was time for a change - Belkevich was invited by the Kiev "Dynamo", where, and moved. It is this club has become the most important in the career for him.

The game of Kiev "Dynamo"

Valentin Belkevich played for the Kiev "Dynamo" is practically his entire career - he came back in 1996, when he was only 23 years old, and left the team only when he was already 34 years old, in the winter of 2007. During this time, he has played 222 games, scored goals and 73 could win a large number of trophies. Kiev "Dynamo" was one of the strongest clubs in the Soviet Union - and became one of the strongest clubs in Ukraine. During his stay in the Ukrainian club Valentin Belkevich has become in fact a legendary figure, largely due to his efforts of 11 national championship "Dynamo" won as many as eight, and seven times became the winner of the Cup of Ukraine. What's more, the midfield in 1999 with his club reached the semi-finals of the most prestigious club tournament Champions League. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the first few years Belkevich played most of the time for the reserve team of the club - only to 2001, he permanently became a hit in the first team. In January 2008, his contract with the Kiev club came to an end - and ended lasted more than a decade history of the football player and the club.

Retirement

Biography Valentin Belkevich as the player wanted to completion. After the Kiev "Dynamo", he spent six months without a club, thinking about retirement, but in the summer of 2008, all the short-term contract signed with the Azerbaijani "Inter". For six months at the club experienced player out on the field only five times without checking out any one goal. And in December 2008, when the contract with "Inter" has expired, Belkevich has announced that it is completing a professional footballer.

for the national team appearances

Footballer Valentin Belkevich performed not only at club level - he also became one of the key players in the national team of Belarus, which was nowhere near as strong as the USSR national team, of which it had previously been. The national team of Belarus Belkevich was called almost immediately after its formation. His first match was held in October 1992. It was a friendly match between the national teams of Belarus and Ukraine. His first goal for the national team Belkevich was marked in May 1994 - again in the match against Ukraine. Unfortunately, it was the only goal scored by the team, while the Ukrainians scored as many as three goals. In March 1996, for a friendly match against Slovakia Belkevich for the first time he led the team with a bandage captain. At that time he was only 23 years old. During his career, Valentin has spent 56 games with the national team of Belarus, scoring ten goals and delivered five assists. His last game for the national team Belkevich held in September 2005, and then retired to her. And, as you already know, after a little over two years, he finished his playing career as a whole.

Coaching career

However, Belkevich has not retired from the sport, when he finished his playing career in 2008. He spent some time on getting a trainer license and the summer of 2010 he was appointed assistant coach double Kiev "Dynamo", the club to which he devoted almost his entire career. In this position, he spent two years, after which he was appointed coach of the youth team of "Dynamo". He coached her for one year, after which in the summer of 2013 he was appointed head coach of the doubles. Belkevich gradually made its way higher and higher, and could count on the fact that he will be offered a position in the first team coaching staff in the near future, and then, perhaps, the place of head coach. But dreams and plans were not given true.

Death of a legend

In the prime of life, the forty-second year of life, Valentin Belkevich died when he was such an impressive career in front of him. Cause of death Valentin Belkevich - a blood clot formed in the blood. Accordingly, he died quickly and painlessly, but does not get easier from that. After Belkevich has been one of the greatest players in the history of Belarusian football. Given that the cause of death of Valentin Belkevich was fairly commonplace, no further investigation was conducted. In 2016, in his hometown of Valentine, Minsk, it was a memorial plaque in memory of the life and career of the legendary Belarusian footballer.