Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk (born 30 March 1979) is an Ukrainian footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Ukrainian national team as a holding midfielder.

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• "I told Robben, that Ukraine will play Holland in the Euro-2012 final, and that they don't stand a chance", Tymoschuk talking before Euro-2012, 2012.
• "All matches are equal, because all of them need to be won", Tymoshchuk in a conversation with fans before a match against an outsider of the Russian championship, 2009.
• "To win in a battle without compromises is always nicer", Tymoshchuk after Zenit St. Petersburg won the 2008 UEFA Super Cup, 2008.
• "I'd love to visit space, to see, how our beautiful planet looks from there. I think, every man has such a dream, but you'd need years of hard working for that", Tymoshchuk after receiving from the cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko a Zenit St. Petersburg shirt with Tymoschuk's name on it with which the cosmonaut waved in space, 2008.
• "Next year there will be a celebration dedicated to the victory in the Battle of Poltava, so it would be symbolic to play the match with Sweden there", Tymoshchuk before the friendly match against Sweden in 2008.
• "I always remember where I came from", during a visit with the UEFA Cup in Donetsk, 2008.
• "Thanks to the tour with the UEFA Cup I finally flew on a helicopter", Tymoshchuk, 2008.
• "I'll agree to fight [Mike] Tyson, if they'll allow to use tackles", Tymoshchuk, 2007.

About Tymoshchuk

• "Tymoschuk is a great team player. He's really important for us, and in situation, when three players are disqualified, his experience and ability to to play in different positions is really useful for us", Jupp Heynckes, 2012.
• "For me the main job - not to let goals in. As a result, I love partners who have he same job. Anatoliy - is quite an agressive footballer, but it's a smart agression. He knows perfectly, when to choose the right position, to stop the attack of the opponent, and when to use such a move, like taking the ball harshly. No doubt, Tymoschuk is doing a great in Bayern!", Manuel Neuer, 2012.
• "The most professional player, of those I ever worked with - Tymoscuk", Dick Advocaat, 2009.
• "From Zenit I would be glad to play in the same team with Tymoschuk", Antonio Di Natale, 2009.
• "Tymoschuk is a nice honest guy, with him I would safely go to a spying mission ", Oleg Blokhin, 2008.
• "He helped me with everything... Before I received a car, he came everyday to take me to practice and then returned me... Any young player could count on his help and support... I have never met a more serious attitude towards football than Tymoschuk's", Bohdan Shust, 2007, about their time together in Shakhtar Donetsk.
• "About Tymoschuk I can say only good things, and not only the player but also the person. Tymoschuk - is a professional from head to toes. I never had complaints to him about discipline. While Tymoschuk and I are at the club, he will be the captain of Zenit", Dick Advocaat, 2007.