Oleksandr Kovalenko (footballer)

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Oleksandr Kovalenko

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko
Date of birth	(1976-03-24)24 March 1976
Place of birth	Artemivsk, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	21 December 2010(2010-12-21) (aged 34)
Place of death	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993	Metalurh Kostyantynivka	21	(1)
1994–1996	Shakhtar Makiivka	87	(15)
1996–1998	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	40	(4)
1997	→ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk	4	(0)
1998–1999	Shakhtar Donetsk	4	(0)
1998–1999	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	27	(2)
1999–2003	Metalurh Donetsk	55	(2)
2002–2003	→ Metalurh-2 Donetsk	5	(0)
2003–2004	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	16	(0)
2004	→ Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih	3	(1)
Total		262	(25)
International career
1997	Ukraine U21	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Коваленко; 24 March 1976 – 21 December 2010) was a Ukrainian professional footballer and later a football referee.

Career

Kovalenko made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Second League in 1993 for FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka. After his initial professional stint he played for different Ukrainian Premier League clubs.

Kovalenko played four matches for the Ukraine national under-21 football team in 1997.

After retiring as a footballer, Kovalenko worked as a football referee.

Death

On 21 December 2010, Kovalenko committed suicide by jumping from his apartment.

External links

• Oleksandr Kovalenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)