Position: Forward
Born: 15.02.81
Club: Shakhtar Donetsk

Oleksiy Byelik is a young striker looking to establish himself as Andriy Shevchenko's partner for the national team.

He's made a promising start to his international career, scoring twice in Ukraine's impressive qualification campaign.

He is tall and good in the air, but is also a skilful player with the ball at his feet, able to hold the ball up and bring team-mates into the game.

With Ukraine making their World Cup debut, inexperience is a problem for a number of their players, but Byelik does at least have the advantage of playing in the Champions League with Shakhtar Donetsk, scoring three goals in 27 games.