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, 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)
1997 → Dynamo-3 Kyiv 2 (0)
1998–2000 CSKA Kyiv 13 (5)
2001 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 12 (3)
Total 281 (120)
International career
1992–1996 Ukraine 14 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Serhii 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 national team soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Geolog Tyumen 1988 Soviet First League 17010–180
1989 351110–3611
1990 331200–3312
1991 8300–83
Total 932620009526
Dynamo Moscow 1991 Soviet Top League 1691060239
1992 Russian Premier League 45000045
Total 201410602714
Dynamo Kyiv 1992 Ukrainian Premier League 5310–63
1992–93 271655433624
1993–94 241500222617
1994–95 201730632920
1995–96 1354100176
1996–97 950040135
1997–98 00240024
Total 9861151016812979
CSKA Kyiv 1998–99 Ukrainian Premier League 1254141207
1999–2000 1000–10
Total 1354141217
Zakarpattia 2000–01 Ukrainian First League 5200–52
2001–02 Ukrainian Premier League 7121–92
Total 1232100144
Career total 2361092412269286130
  1. Includes Soviet Cup, Russian Cup (football), Cup

International
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leonenko goal.
List of international goals scored by Viktor Leonenko[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
118 May 1993Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania1–12–1Friendly
216 October 1993A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States United States1–12–1Friendly
32–1
425 May 1994Republican Stadium, Kyiv, UkraineBelarus Belarus1–13–1Friendly
513 August 1996Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine Lithuania1–15–2Friendly
63–1

References
  1. 3 taim intro page Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  2. "Viktor Leonenko, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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