Viktor Kovalenko (footballer)

This article is about the soccer player. For the ice dancer, see Viktor Kovalenko (ice dancer). For the sailor, see Victor Kovalenko. For the decathlete, see Victor Covalenco.
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Viktorovych and the family name is Kovalenko.
Viktor Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko
Date of birth (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996
Place of birth Kherson, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 74
Youth career
2008–2013 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Shakhtar Donetsk 38 (4)
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 Ukraine U21 6 (2)
2016– Ukraine 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016

Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Вікторович Коваленко; born 14 February 1996 in Kherson, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career

Kovalenko is product of youth team systems of FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[1] He made his début in the Ukrainian Premier League for Shakhtar in the game against FC Vorskla Poltava on 28 February 2015.[2] On May 9, 2015, he made his first direct contribution for the first team when assisting the fifth and sixth goals for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in a 7–3 win over FC Hoverla Uzhhorod.

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[3] 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.[4] He was the Golden Boot of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with 5 goals.

References

  1. ↑ Віктор Коваленко (in Ukrainian). Shakhtar's Academy Site. 2015-03-01.
  2. ↑ Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 102 28.02.2015 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 2015-03-01.
  3. ↑ "Ukraine hit Myanmar for six". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kovalenko treble puts Ukraine on top". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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