The most important one is his 14th title of the champion of Ukraine with FC Dynamo Kyiv!
There are only two players in football history that excel him in the number of domestic titles – Brazilian genius Pele and Hungarian striker Imre Schlosser.
PLAYERS WITH THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF DOMESTIC TITLES |
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Titles |
Player |
Country |
Leagues, titles (seasons) |
17 |
Pele |
Brazil |
Brazil-6 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968); Sao Paolo state-10 (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973); USA-1 (1977) |
16 |
Imre Schlosser |
Hungary |
Hungary-16 (1906/07, 1908/09, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1914, 1915-spring, 1915-autumn, 1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1919/20, 1920/21, 1921/22, 1926/27) |
14 |
Jiri Novotny |
Czech Republic |
Czechoslovakia-6 (1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1992/93); Czech Republicї-8 (1993/94, 1994/95, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2002/03) |
14 |
Olexandr Shovkovskyi |
Ukraine |
Ukraine-14 (1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2014/15, 2015/16) |
This season 41-year-old goalkeeper set another individual achievement. He conceded only four goals in 17 UPL matches!
Shovkovskyi has already played 417 domestic league matches (37,381 minutes) for the White-Blues.
He was substituted only four times. Olexandr was sent off only once – on June 19 1995.
* statistics by Volodymyr Banias
* photo by V. Rasner
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