Players

Ihar Stasevich is one of those home players who grew up just beside the stadium. Ihar parents' house was just beside Gorodskoi Stadium, where BATE played for the first 18 years of the club's existence.

Ihar joined BATE in 2002 from local youth sports school. It took him about two years to go through Reserves up to the first team, where he gradually became a trend-setter until his departure to FC Volga Nizhniy Novgorod.

During his first BATE spell he played 177 matches for the Yellow Blues scoring 15 goals and giving 37 assists (Belarusian Championship - 118/8+29, Belarusian Cup - 26/3+1; Belarusian Supercup - 1/0+0; UEFA Club Competitions - 32/4+7).

Together with BATE Stasevich won the Champions' title (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), twice grabbed Belarusian Cup (2006, 2010) and once Belarusian Supercup (2010). And rightfully became one of the fans' favourites and a leader of the team that triumphantly went through UCL qualification to the group stage. And scored the epic header beating Pavel Nedved in the air in the classic home game against FC Juventus (2-2) at Dinamo Minsk Stadium.

Stasevich spent half of a year at Volga after moving away from BATE in summer 2010. But in just six months he returned to Belarus to play for FC Gomel and FC Dinamo Minsk. These four seasons he was quite a prominent figure in Belarusian league. He totaled 119 matches with 19 goals scored and 38 assist made. In 2011 and 2014 Vysshaya Liga seasons he was the league's top-assistant with 13 and 12 passes correspondingly. In 2011 he won bronze medals with Gomel as well as Belarusian Cup. In Dinamo Minsk he earned captain's armband and won silver (2014) and bronze medals (2012, 2013). In 2014 he was voted Vysshaya Liga Player of the Year.

Stasevich played 20 matches for the Belarusian National team (2 goals, 4 passes).

In January 2015 Ihar decided to stop his collaboration with FC Dinamo Minsk and accepted BATE's offer to join the squad of Aliaksandr Yermakovich.

1. Favourite club
Manchester United FC

2. Favourite player
Luis Figo

3. Favourite kind of sport but for football
Ice Hockey

4. Favourite sportsman (not football player)
Peter Forsberg

5. Most interesting match you've ever seen
2002/03 UEFA Champions League quarterfinal Manchester United FC 4-3 Real Madrid CF.

6. Most interesting match you've ever participated in
2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage game FC BATE Borisov 2-2 FC Juventus

7. Favourite book
I like to read fantastique

8. Favourite writer
Stephen King

9. Favourite musician
Sting

10. Favourite film
Horror movies

11. Favourite actor (actress):
Jim Carrey

12. Favourite dish
Beef steak

13. Best day of your life
Son's birthday

14. What did you want to be as a child (but for a football player)?
Ice-hockey player

15. Favourite car brand
Porsche

16. What would you like to learn?
Cooking

17. Favourite country (besides Motherland)
The Netherlands

18. The place you haven't been to but want to visit
USA (New York, Las Vegas)

19. Most impressive city you've been to
Amsterdam

20. Most impressive stadium you've played at
Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid

21. Your life motto
Never promise what you cannot do.

22. Favourite number
22

23. Do you have any superstitious beliefs
Sometimes J

24. Which national do you support, but for yours?
Holland and Portugal

25. Your hobby
I do not have time for hobbies now

26. Your good features
It is better to ask other people

27. Your bad features
It is better to ask other people

28. What qualities do you considered to be the most important for you? And what don't you like most?
I like honesty and sincerity. I do not like hypocrites.

29. Your dream in football
To play in UEFA Champions League once again.

30. What is football - business, sports or show
Everything combined.

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