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Shevchenko got his chance to score in the 2007/08 season against Blackburn Rovers to replace the injured Didier Drogba, but the game ended in an inconclusive. He scored his first goal of the season three days later, equalizing against Rosenborg in what was José Mourinho's last game as Chelsea manager. Throughout the season, the Ukrainian then went out in the starting lineup due to injuries and the appointment of Avram Grant after the departure of Mourinho. However, during the Christmas period, Shevchenko got into good shape. He scored the first goal in Chelsea's 2-0 win over Sunderland and was voted Man of the Match in Chelsea's 4-4 draw against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, scoring twice (including a stunning kick from 25 meters to the upper left corner) and assisting Alex, making the score 3:2 in favor of the "pensioners". Shevchenko scored his last goal in the 2007/08 season in a 1-1 draw against Bolton Wanderers. He finished the season with five goals in 17 games.

The 2006/07 season for Shevchenko was interrupted due to an injury and a hernia operation. He missed the Champions League semi-final against Liverpool and the FA Cup final against Manchester United at the new Wembley Stadium. However, he started for Chelsea in the 2007 League Cup Final against Arsenal, in which he hit the post to give Chelsea a 3-1 lead.

On August 13, 2006, Shevchenko made his debut for Chelsea in the FA Super Cup, scoring a goal against Liverpool (1:2). On 23 August, he scored his first Premier League goal - and his 300th Premier League and international goal - in a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough. He scored goals sporadically throughout the season, including goals against Porto and Valencia in the 2006/07 Champions League, and a goal against London club Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup that helped his side reach the semi-finals. In total, he scored 14 goals in 51 matches. During the campaign, he scored his 57th goal in European competition, second only to Gerd Müller in the list of all European goalscorers, before Filippo Inzaghi made this record his own in the 2007/08 Champions League

Andriy Shevchenko and Cristiano Ronaldo, September 23, 2007
On May 28, 2006, Shevchenko moved from Milan to Chelsea for £30.8m (€43.875m[48][49]), exceeding the transfer fee of Michael Essien the previous year and breaking the record for signing a player by an English club[ fifty]. He received the number 7 jersey as the Blues head coach José Mourinho said Shevchenko could continue to wear it

In the summer of 2005, there were constant reports that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich offered Milan a record sum of 73 million euros and striker Hernan Crespo in exchange for a Ukrainian[44]. The Italian club rejected the offer, but took Crespo on loan. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon said: "I think Shevchenko is the type of player we want to have in our ranks. After all, to build on what we have achieved, we need a great player, and Shevchenko definitely falls into that category.”[45] The player himself stated that Abramovich's persistence was a key factor in his transition[46]. Milan, desperate to keep the striker, offered Shevchenko a six-year contract extension

In his international career, the striker led Ukraine as captain to the quarter-finals in his first-ever World Cup in 2006, and also took part in Euro 2012 in his home country.
On July 28, 2012, Shevchenko announced that he was leaving football for politics[11]. At the parliamentary elections in October 2012, he put forward his candidacy for the elections to the Ukrainian parliament[12], but his party could not get parliamentary representation

Shevchenko's career has been marked by many awards, the most prestigious of which was the Golden Ball in 2004 (becoming the third Ukrainian after Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov to receive it). He won the UEFA Champions League in 2003 with AC Milan and has won various league and cup titles in Ukraine, Italy and England. He also finished second in the Champions League in 2005 and 2008. In 2005, he was included in the list of the best players in the world by FIFA.

Shevchenko is the sixth top scorer in all European competitions with 67 goals. With 176 goals scored for Milan, he is the second highest scoring player in the club's history, as well as the top scorer in the Milan Derby (the derby between Milan and local rivals Inter Milan) with 14 goals. In addition, he is the top scorer of the Ukrainian national team with 48 goals.

Shevchenko played as a striker for Dynamo Kiev, Milan, Chelsea and the Ukrainian national team. From February to July 2016, he was an assistant coach of the Ukrainian national team, which at that time was led by Mikhail Fomenko. In July 2016, shortly after the elimination of the national team from Euro 2016, Shevchenko was appointed head coach of the Ukrainian national team.

Andrey Nikolaevich Shevchenko (Ukrainian Andriy Mykolayovich Shevchenko; born September 29, 1976 [5] [6], Dvorkovshchina, Kyiv region) [8] [9] - Ukrainian football coach and politician [10], who previously played as a football player in the position attacker. Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine.