Andriy Pyatov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valeriiovych and the family name is Piatov.

Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Вале́рійович Пятов; born 28 June 1984) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, primarily for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.

Andriy Pyatov

Pyatov with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov
Date of birth	(1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
	Sports School 2 Kirovohrad[2]
1998–2000	Zirka Kirovohrad[2]
2001	Horpynko Sport School Poltava[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	Artemida Kirovohrad	12	(0)
2001–2007	Vorskla Poltava	43	(0)
2001–2004	→ Vorskla-2 Poltava	56	(0)
2007–2023	Shakhtar Donetsk	301	(0)
Total		412	(0)
International career
2004–2006	Ukraine U21	22	(0)
2007–2022	Ukraine	102	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Ukraine UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Artemida Kirovohrad

Pyatov started his career in Kirovohrad playing for amateur club Artemida (sponsored by a former local liquor factory Artemida) in the 2000 Amateur League when he was still 15 years old.^[3][4]

Vorskla-2 Poltava

In 2001 Pyatov moved to Poltava where he at first joined Vorskla Poltava junior teams and its second team in lower leagues.^[3] In Poltava he spent five seasons.^[3] His debut at professional level Pyatov made for Vorskla-2 during the 2000–01 season in the away game against Elektron Romny on 25 March 2001 in Romny, which his team lost 3–1.^[5]

Vorskla Poltava

His debut in the Vyshcha Liha (now Ukrainian Premier League) for the Vorskla senior squad Pyatov made at the end of the 2002–03 season on 18 June 2003 when Vorskla was hosting Illichivets Mariupol^[a] in a game that finished with a 1–1 draw.^[5]

Shakhtar Donetsk

Pyatov with Shakhtar in 2012

He was bought by Shakhtar from Vorskla for approximately £880,000 on 13 December 2006. He spent the rest of the 2006–07 season on loan at Vorskla Poltava. In the 2007–08 season, Pyatov replaced Bohdan Shust as the main goalkeeper of Shakhtar Donetsk, playing in league, cup, and UEFA Champions League matches, keeping two clean sheets. For the 2008–2009 season Pyatov had some serious competition for his No.1 spot as Shakhtar loaned out Bohdan Shust, and signed FC Kharkiv 'keeper Rustam Khudzhamov who was reaching his prime and saved FC Kharkiv from relegation. But after Shakhtars' 2–0 loss to FC Lviv, Pyatov regained his place as the clubs' No.1. In a home Champions League fixture against Barcelona Pyatov made seven crucial saves as Shakhtar were leading 1–0, until Bojan Krkić sent in a cross which was spilled by Pyatov for Lionel Messi to easily tap in to make it 1–1 in the 85th minute. But things went from bad to worse as another cross was sent in, Messi rose and headed home giving Barcelona the win, and ruining Pyatov's perfect game. Pyatov cemented his spot as Shakhtar's No.1 after great performances in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup which saw Shakhtar reach the final, beating fellow Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv in the first ever all Ukrainian semi-final. His appearance in the final was marred as he spilled Naldo's freekick into the net to give Werder Bremen an equaliser but Shakhtar won 2–1 in extra time.^[6] On 1 November 2009, against Chornomorets Odesa Pyatov played his 100th game for Shakhtar (conceded 72 goals over the course of these matches), and in this game he won the Man of the Match, and is also the 1st time coach (Mircea Lucescu) ever named a goalkeeper Man of the Match.

In 2015, Pyatov broke the record of penalties stopped in European competitions by stopping his fourth penalty, a record previously held by Shovkovskyi.^[7] He announced his retirement from professional football on 10 July 2023.^[8]

International career

Pyatov playing for Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2012.

Pyatov was a member of the Ukraine national U-21 team where he has played 20 matches. He was also part of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup squad which got to the quarter-finals.

Pyatov made his senior debut for Ukraine in 2007.^[9] Since then, he has gone on to make over 90 appearances for the Ukraine national team. He started the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a clean sheet against Belarus to help Ukraine win 1–0 in Lviv. In the 0–0 draw against Croatia, Pyatov was instrumental in denying Luka Modrić on two occasions, and as well as other to secure a point for his country. In November 2013 Pyatov set a new record of minutes without a goal for the national team, beating the record of Oleksandr Shovkovskyi.^[10]

In May 2021, despite playing a limited role for his club side during the 2020–21 season, Pyatov was included in the final 26-man squad for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.^[11][12]

Pyatov played his 102nd and final international match on 11 June 2022, starting in a 3–0 win over Armenia.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[14]

Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Artemida Kirovohrad	2000	AAFU	12	0	–		–		–		12	0
Vorskla-2 Poltava	2000–01	Druha Liha	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2001–02		16	0	–		–		–		16	0
	2002–03		15	0	–		–		–		15	0
	2003–04		22	0	–		–		–		22	0
	2004–05		2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		56	0	–		–		–		56	0
Vorskla Poltava	2002–03	Vyshcha Liha	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2003–04		–		1	0	–		–		1	0
	2004–05		1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2005–06		11	0	1	0	–		–		12	0
	2006–07		30	0	1	0	–		–		31	0
	Total		43	0	3	0	–		–		46	0
Shakhtar Donetsk	2007–08	Vyshcha Liha	23	0	4	0	10[b]	0	1[c]	0	38	0
	2008–09	Ukrainian Premier League	24	0	3	0	17[d]	0	–		44	0
	2009–10		27	0	2	0	11[e]	0	1[f]	0	41	0
	2010–11		29	0	2	0	10[b]	0	1[c]	0	42	0
	2011–12		10	0	4	0	0	0	1[c]	0	15	0
	2012–13		22	0	4	0	8[b]	0	1[c]	0	35	0
	2013–14		16	0	3	0	6[g]	0	0	0	27	0
	2014–15		15	0	5	0	8[b]	0	0	0	28	0
	2015–16		14	0	2	0	8[h]	0	0	0	32	0
	2016–17		28	0	1	0	10[i]	0	1[c]	0	40	0
	2017–18		31	0	4	0	8[b]	0	1[c]	0	44	0
	2018–19		27	0	2	0	8[j]	0	1[c]	0	38	0
	2019–20		23	0	1	0	12[k]	0	1[c]	0	37	0
	2020–21		4	0	1	0	1[b]	0	1[c]	0	7	0
	2021–22		6	0	1	0	4[b]	0	1[c]	0	12	0
	2022–23		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		301	0	39	0	131	0	11	0	482	0
Career total			412	0	42	0	131	0	11	0	596	0

1. during winter break the Mariupol team changed from Metalurh to Illichivets, yet footpass of the Ukrainian Association of Football shows the team as Metalurh
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
4. Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
7. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
9. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
10. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
11. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[15][16]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ukraine	2007	4	0
	2008	5	0
	2009	8	0
	2010	5	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	10	0
	2013	12	0
	2014	7	0
	2015	8	0
	2016	10	0
	2017	8	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	1	0
Total		102	0

Ambassador

Andriy Pyatov was the first brand ambassador of Ukrainian bank sportbank.^[17][18]

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Vyshcha Liha/Ukrainian Premier League: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23^[9]
• Ukrainian Cup: 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021
• UEFA Cup: 2008–09^[19]

Ukraine U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2006

Individual

• Ukrainian Premier League Best Goalkeeper: 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19,^[9] 2019–20,

• Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year: 2010^[20]

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps