Viktor Leonenko

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Viktor Leonenko
Personal information
Full name Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko
Date of birth (1969-10-05) 5 October 1969 (age 52)
Place of birth Tyumen, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
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)
1995–1998 → Dynamo-2 Kyiv 45 (11)
1998–2000 CSKA Kyiv 13 (5)
2001–2002 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 12 (3)
Total 281 (120)
National team
1992–1996 Ukraine 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

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
1988 Geolog Tyumen First League 17 0 1 0 - - 18 0
1989 35 11 1 0 - - 36 11
1990 33 12 - - - - 33 12
1991 8 3 - - - - 8 3
1991 Dynamo (M) Top League 16 9 1 0 6 0 23 9
Russia League Cup Europe Total
1992 Dynamo (M) Premier League 4 5 - - - - 4 5
Ukraine League Cup Europe Total
1992 Dynamo (K) Premier League 5 3 1 0 - - 6 3
1992-93 27 16 5 5 4 3 36 24
1993-94 24 15 - - 2 2 26 17
1994-95 20 17 3 0 6 3 29 20
1995-96 13 5 4 1 - - 17 6
1996-97 9 5 - - 4 0 13 5
1997-98 - - 2 4 - - 2 4
1998-99 CSKA Kyiv 12 5 4 1 4 1 20 7
1999-00 1 0 - - - - 1 0
2000-01 Zakarpattia First League 5 2 - - - - 5 2
2001-02 Premier League 7 1 2 1 - - 9 2
Total Soviet 109 35 3 0 6 0 118 35
Russia 4 5 - - - - 4 5
Ukraine 123 69 21 12 20 9 164 90
Career total 236 109 24 12 26 9 286 130

International goals[]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 May 1993 Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–1 1-2 Friendly
2. 16 October 1993 A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States  United States 1–1 1-2 Friendly
3. 1–2
4. 25 May 1994 Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine Belarus Belarus 1–1 3-1 Friendly
5. 13 August 1996 Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Lithuania 1–1 5-2 Friendly
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

External links[]

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