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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1969 | ||
| 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) |
| 1998–2000 | CSKA Kyiv | 13 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 12 | (3) |
| Total | 236 | (109) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1996 | Ukraine | 14 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
- 3 taim intro page Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Football PLAYER: Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko
External links
- Viktor Leonenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Viktor Leonenko at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- List of all National team games
- Viktor Leonenko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Interview to the newspaper "Bulvar Gordona" (in Russian)
- Interview of Leonenko to "2:1" at Nash football (video footage) at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 July 2011) (in Russian)
- 3 taim of 19 August 2010. The studio guest the Ukrainian coach Serhiy Rebrov (video footage) (in Russian and Ukrainian)
- Leonenko's football blog at segodnya.ua
