At the age of only 23 Mariyan Shved has been through some ups and downs – Ukraine’s Premier League with Karpaty at 17, FC Sevilla with 18, back home two years later, then Celtic Glasgow for an impressive 2 mio fee, and now loaned to KV Mechelen. Having already been written off by some he started getting more pitch time in December and paying back his manager’s trust with strong performances on the pitch he has now even become one of his team’s key players.

In the detailed interview he gave us we got to know Mariyan as a very likable and thoughtful young man with interesting insights about his life in Belgium, his development since his time in Lviv and also about the club he loves.

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