Artem Milevskyi

Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi (also transliterated Milevskyy, Артем Володимирович Мілевський, Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a second striker.

Milevskyi is known both for his technical ability and physicality which allows him to play with a quicker forward.

In 2000, he moved to Ukrainian side Boryfsfen Boryspil before joining Dynamo Kyiv in 2002.

He made his debut for Dynamo as a late substitute in a UEFA Champions League match against Internazionale on 10 December 2003, aged just 18.

It was his only appearance of the 2003–04 season.

The next season, he also only made one appearance, this time in the Ukrainian Premier League against Chornomorets Odesa.

He holds a degree of Master of Sports of Ukraine, International Class (2005).

In the 2005–06 season, Milevskyi began to show his talent for Dynamo, scoring 4 goals in 13 appearances.

He was also a Ukrainian international, earning 50 caps and representing his country at 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

Milevskyi is a brother of Belarusian female tennis player Ksenia Milevskaya.

Milevskyi played at youth level for Belarusian club Smena Minsk.

In 2006, Milevskyi was voted best footballer in Ukraine for the month of August, in a traditional survey by football journalists, head coaches and captains conducted by sports newspaper Komanda.

He scored 8 goals in 21 appearances as Dynamo went unbeaten domestically during the 2006–07 season.

On 6 September 2007, in the club's 80th anniversary, Milevskyi scored a header in a 2–2 friendly draw with Milan.

However, he spent the majority of the 2007–08 season injured, making just 11 appearances (and scoring 5 goals) as Dynamo finished as runners-up to champions Shakhtar Donetsk.

On 6 August 2008, Milevskyi scored a crucial penalty against Drogheda United in the second leg of the Champions League second qualifying round to put Dynamo 2–1 up, in a final 2–2 home draw (4–3 win on aggregate).

One week later, he scored twice and assisted to help Dynamo come back from 1–0 down against Spartak Moscow in the competition's third qualifying round, in a 4–1 away triumph.

In the return leg, he scored another brace in another 4–1 victory.

He finished the 2008–09 season with a career high 18 goals in 41 appearances.

The next season, he beat his career high tally for goals, scoring 19 in 37 appearances in all competitions.

On 31 October 2010, Dynamo defeated Mariupol Illichivets 9–0, with Milevskyi scoring his first hat-trick and finishing the match with four goals.

He went on to score 13 more goals that season as Dynamo reached the semi-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, losing to Braga.

Milevskyi's Dynamo career took a turn for the worse in the 2011–12 season as goals and form began to dry up and his playing time took a big hit.

He still managed 9 goals and 13 assist in 29 appearances, but cracks began to show in both his attitude and fitness.

The next season was poorer for Milevskyi as he made just 15 appearances and scored 0 goals.

He was released by Dynamo at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Milevskyi signed a three-year contract with Gaziantepspor during the summer of 2013.

While contracted to Gaziantepspor, Milevskyi crashed his Ferrari California, and went on to have his contract cancelled by mutual consent on 31 December 2013.

He played less than 400 minutes of football that season for Gaziantepspor, scoring one goal and creating one assist.

After his release from Gaziantepspor, Milevskyi joined Kazakh club FC Aktobe in February 2014, however after only one week, there were reports his contract had been terminated.

Artem recently described this as one of the toughest points of his career.

On 29 July 2014, Milevskyi signed for Croatian club Hajduk Split on a two-year deal.

He made his debut for Hajduk in a 6–0 win against Zadar.

He scored his first goal for Hajduk in a 2–2 draw with Lokomotiva; he was introduced late in the match alongside Elvir Maloku.

In the final six minutes of the match, with Hajduk losing 2–0, Artem assisted his fellow substitute Maloku to make it 2–1, and then scored himself in the final minute to salvage a point for his side.

On 3 September 2015, he was released from Hajduk after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

After his Hajduk contract was terminated, Milevskyi signed for Hajduk's city rivals RNK Split, however on 4 November 2015, he was released from the club.

On 4 July 2017, Milevskyi left FC Tosno by mutual consent.

Milevskyi joined Dynamo Brest for a second time in January 2019, on a contract until the end of 2020.

On 24 December 2020 Milevskyi signed a contract for 1.5 years with Mynai, and thus returned to playing in the Ukrainian Premier League.