Volodymyr Vilivald and Yaroslav Shevchenko made their debut for the Ukrainian youth national team!
Debut for the youth national team of Ukraine! Footballers of Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas" Volodymyr Vilivald and Yaroslav Shevchenko played for the first time as part of the youth national team of Ukraine U-21.
The defender and midfielder of the red-and-whites made their debut in a friendly match against their peers from the USA (1:3), gaining their first experience of playing for the youth team.
Our guys started in the starting lineup from the first minutes. On June 8, the Ukrainian U-21 national team will hold the second friendly match at the Slovenian training camp against Japan U-21.
Last season in the UPL 2025\2026, Shevchenko had 26 matches, 4 goals, 1287 minutes on the field as part of the main team of "Kryvbas"; Vilivald - 28 matches, 1 goal, 2454 minutes on the field.
We congratulate the football players on an important milestone in their careers and wish them not to stop there. We are proud of you!
Press service of FC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih (photo by UAF)