Oleksandr Kovalenko

Oleksandr Kovalenko
Oleksandr Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko
Date of birth 24 March 1976(1976-03-24)
Place of birth Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 21 December 2010(2010-12-21) (aged 34)
Place of death Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1993 FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka 21 (1)
1994–1996 FC Shakhtar Makiivka 87 (15)
1996–1998 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 40 (4)
1997 FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 4 (0)
1998–1999 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4 (0)
1998–1999 FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 27 (2)
1999–2003 FC Metalurh Donetsk 55 (2)
2002–2003 FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk 5 (0)
2003–2004 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 16 (0)
2004 FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih 3 (1)
National team‡
1997 Ukraine-21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 December 2010

Oleksandr Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Коваленко; (24 March 1976 – 21 December 2010[1]) was a Ukrainian professional football player and later a football referee.

Career

Kovalenko made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Second League in 1993 for FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka.[2] After his initial professional stint he played for different Ukrainian Premier League clubs.

Kovalenko played four matches for the Ukraine national under-21 football team in 1997.

After retiring as a footballer, Kovalenko worked as a football referee.

Death

On 21 December 2010, Kovalenko committed suicide by jumping from his apartment.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Dyuvbakov, Alexander (22 December 2010). "Погиб экс-игрок "Днепра" Александр Коваленко [Dnipro Ex-Player Oleksandr Kovalenko Killed]" (in Russian). UA-Football. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/news/4d11d47b.html. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Profile at Official FFU Site


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