Viktor Kovalenko (footballer)
![]() Kovalenko in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Kherson, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Spezia (on loan from Atalanta) | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2021 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 130 | (23) |
2021– | Atalanta | 1 | (0) |
2021– | → Spezia (loan) | 10 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Ukraine U16 | 13 | (4) |
2010–2013 | Ukraine U17 | 20 | (11) |
2013–2015 | Ukraine U19 | 20 | (5) |
2015 | Ukraine U20 | 5 | (5) |
2015–2018 | Ukraine U21 | 13 | (6) |
2016– | Ukraine | 33 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:53, 13 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2021 |
Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Вікторович Коваленко; born 14 February 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Spezia, on loan from Atalanta. He represents the Ukraine national team.
Club career[]
Shakhtar Donetsk[]
Kovalenko is product of youth team of Shakhtar Donetsk.[1] He made his début in the Ukrainian Premier League for Shakhtar in the game against Vorskla Poltava on 28 February 2015.[2] On 9 May 2015, he made his first direct contribution for the first team when assisting the fifth and sixth goals for Shakhtar in a 7–3 win over Hoverla Uzhhorod.
On 20 February 2020, Kovalenko scored the winning goal in Shakhtar's 2–1 win against Benfica in the first leg of their Europa League Round of 32 clash.[3]
On 17 October 2020, Kovalenko scored twice in the first 18 minutes of Shakhtar's 5–1 hammering of FC Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League.[4]
Atalanta[]
On 1 February 2021, with less than six months remaining in his contract with Shakhtar, Kovalenko signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Italian Serie A club Atalanta for a reported fee of €700,000.[5] He made his debut for the club on 21 March, as an 87th-minute substitute for fellow countryman Ruslan Malinovskyi in a Serie A 2–0 win at Verona.[6]
Loan to Spezia[]
On 8 August 2021, Kovalenko joined fellow Serie A side Spezia on a season-long loan.[7]
International career[]
Kovalenko was called up by Ukraine to play in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored two goals in a 6–0 victory over Myanmar[8] and added a hat-trick against the United States to secure 3–0 win at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, as the team reached the round of 16.[9] He won the Golden Boot of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with five goals.
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 11 November 2021[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15[a] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 4 | |
2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10 | |
2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[e] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
Total | 130 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 32 | ||
Atalanta | 2020–21 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Spezia (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
Career total | 137 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 208 | 33 |
- ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
International[]
- As of 11 November 2021
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ukraine | 2016 | 10 | 0 |
2017 | 6 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 33 | 0 |
Honours[]
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2015, 2017
Individual
- FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Shoe: 2015[11]
- Ukrainian Premier League Best young player: 2015–16[12]
References[]
- ^ Віктор Коваленко (in Ukrainian). Shakhtar's Academy Site. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 102 28 February 2015 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 1 March 2015.
- ^ Patrick. "Castro's Shakhtar top Benfica in narrow first-leg triumph". portugoal.net. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ ""Шахтар" — "Львів" — 5:1". UPL (in Ukrainian). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Official: Kovalenko to Atalanta". Fotball-Italia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Kovalenko's Atalanta debut at Verona". Atalanta B.C. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Ufficiale Viktor Kovalenko è un nuovo calciatore dello Spezia". Spezia Calcio (in Italian). 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Ukraine hit Myanmar for six". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Kovalenko treble puts Ukraine on top". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "V. Kovalenko". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship New Zealand 2015". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Визначено лауреатів сезону 2015/16!". .upl.ua. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
External links[]
Media related to Viktor Kovalenko at Wikimedia Commons
- Viktor Kovalenko at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- Viktor Kovalenko at Soccerway
- Viktor Kovalenko at Topforward
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Kherson
- Ukrainian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- Atalanta B.C. players
- Spezia Calcio players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Serie A players
- Ukraine international footballers
- Ukraine under-21 international footballers
- Ukraine youth international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2016 players
- Ukrainian expatriate footballers
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy