Viktor Leonenko

Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Євге́нович Лео́ненко; Russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Леоненко; born 5 October 1969) is a former footballer and Ukraine international who played as a forward. At least since 2006 he is a football commentator and analyst for the televised football forum "3 time" at the Ukrainian TV-network ICTV.[1]

Viktor Leonenko
Personal information
Full name Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko
Date of birth (1969-10-05) 5 October 1969
Place of birth Tyumen, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Geolog Tyumen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Geolog Tyumen 93 (26)
1991–1992 Dynamo Moscow 20 (14)
1992–1998 Dynamo Kyiv 98 (61)
1998–2000 CSKA Kyiv 13 (5)
2001–2002 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 12 (3)
Total 236 (109)
National team
1992–1996 Ukraine 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and FC Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to FC Dynamo Kyiv in 1992, where he played until 1998.

A successful forward for Dynamo in the early to mid 1990s – Leonenko was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 1992, 1993, and 1994 – Leonenko was eventually forced to the bench with the emergence of the striker partnership of Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.

International career

Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing the Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.

Career statistics

Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Soviet Union League Cup Europe Total
1988Geolog TyumenFirst League 17010--180
1989 351110--3611
1990 3312----3312
1991 83----83
1991Dynamo (M)Top League 1691060239
Russia League Cup Europe Total
1992Dynamo (M)Premier League 45----45
Ukraine League Cup Europe Total
1992Dynamo (K)Premier League 5310--63
1992-93 271655433624
1993-94 2415--222617
1994-95 201730632920
1995-96 13541--176
1996-97 95--40135
1997-98 --24--24
1998-99CSKA Kyiv 1254141207
1999-00 10----10
2000-01ZakarpattiaFirst League 52----52
2001-02Premier League 7121--92
Total Soviet 10935306011835
Russia 45----45
Ukraine 12369211220916490
Career total 2361092412269286130

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 May 1993Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania1–11-2Friendly
2.16 October 1993A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States United States1–11-2Friendly
3.1–2
4.25 May 1994Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine Belarus1–13-1Friendly
5.13 August 1996Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine Lithuania1–15-2Friendly
6.3–1
Correct as of 1 December 2014[2]

References
  1. 3 taim intro page Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  2. Football PLAYER: Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko
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