Pavlo Yakovenko

Pavlo Yakovenko

Personal information
Full name	Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko
Date of birth	(1964-12-19) 19 December 1964 (age 57)
Place of birth	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Obolon Kyiv (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1982	Metalist Kharkiv	4	(0)
1982–1993	Dynamo Kyiv	161	(5)
1993–1994	Sochaux	6	(1)
Total		169	(6)
National team
1986–1990	USSR	19	(1)
1983	Ukrainian SSR
Teams managed
1994–1995	Metalurh Nikopol
1996–1997	Uralan Elista
1999	Uralan Elista
2001–2002	Borysfen-2 Boryspil
2002	Ukraine U19
2002–2004	Ukraine U21 (joint with Hennadiy Lytovchenko)
2004–2005	Khimki
2006–2007	Kuban Krasnodar
2007	Rostov
2008–2012	Ukraine U21
2020–2021	Obolon Kyiv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Павло Олександрович Яковенко) – or Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko (Russian: Павел Александрович Яковенко; born 19 December 1964 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR), is a former Ukrainian footballer and USSR international.

Personal life[]

He is the father of the Ukrainian footballers Oleksandr Yakovenko and Yuriy Yakovenko.^[1]

Playing career[]

Yakovenko's superb build-up play during the mid-1980s made him the starting midfielder for both Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national football team during their respective successful campaigns of winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and advancing to the top 16 in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. However, recurrent injuries had limited Yakovenko's playing time after 1987 and Yakovenko never returned to his earlier form, becoming a bench player at best.

In 1983 Yakovenko took part in the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in the team of Ukrainian SSR.^[2]

International[]

As of 19 June 2012^[3]

International goals[]

As of 19 June 2012

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 1986	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato, Mexico	Hungary	1-0	6-0	1986 FIFA World Cup

Coaching career[]

He is a trusted Ukrainian coach who headed the Ukraine under-21 team on several occasions as well as other teams representing the country on the international arena. Yakovenko also coached several teams from the southern regions of the neighbouring Russian Federation such as Kuban Krasnodar and FC Rostov.

Ballon d'Or[]

• 1986 – 21st

References[]

External links[]

• Pavlo Yakovenko at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
• Pavlo Yakovenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)