Former goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Pyatov ended his playing career at Shakhtar. This was announced by the general director of the Donetsk club Serhiy Palkin in an interview with the Pitmen's YouTube channel.. According to him, Shakhtar offered Pyatov to play for the club for the last time during a charity match against London's Tottenham, which will take place on August 6.. In addition, the 39-year-old goalkeeper received an invitation to join the coaching staff of the Orange-and-Blacks' new coach Patrick van Leeuwen.. " He went a very long, bright way - 16 years, 482 games, a lot of titles, victories. We should be grateful to him for this.. We will play a friendly, charity match against Tottenham Hotspur on August 6. We invited him to play the last match. We should thank him for what he has done for the club.. I am 100% sure that there will be a full stadium and there will be Ukrainian fans. I hope that he will accept this invitation, and we will say goodbye to him nicely.. We say goodbye to him as a football player, but we would like to see him in our coaching staff led by Patrick van Leeuwen in the role of goalkeeping coach. We invite him to join, because his knowledge, the experience he has, his charisma are very important to us.. We have a lot of young players and his help is very important to us.. I am sure that he will help us," Pyatov has been playing for Shakhtar since 2007, when he moved from Vorskla Poltava. His contract with the Donetsk club ended on June 30 this year.

For 16 years in the Donetsk club, Pyatov played 482 games for the Pitmen in all competitions. Together with Shakhtar, he became the champion of Ukraine 11 times, won the National Cup 8 times and the Super Cup 6 times. He also triumphed with the Pitmen in the UEFA Cup in the 2008/09 season. On account of the legendary goalkeeper 102 matches for the national team of Ukraine. He is a participant in three European Championships (2012, 2016 and 2020) and the 2006 World Championship.