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Revealing his intentions to play the political game now that he has hung up his football boots, former Chelsea and AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko announces his new goal on a trip to a school in the Ukraine.

Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko told the assembled press that he had quit
football to begin a career in politics and would be joining a new political
party.

Shevchenko spoke to journalists during a visit to a school on Saturday, July 28, where
he met with students, toured the school and played ping-pong with some of
the children.

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