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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 55)
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

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

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Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to 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 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.

International career

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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

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Geolog Tyumen 1988 Soviet First League 17 0 1 0 – 18 0
1989 35 11 1 0 – 36 11
1990 33 12 0 0 – 33 12
1991 8 3 0 0 – 8 3
Total 93 26 2 0 0 0 95 26
Dynamo Moscow 1991 Soviet Top League 16 9 1 0 6 0 23 9
1992 Russian Premier League 4 5 0 0 0 0 4 5
Total 20 14 1 0 6 0 27 14
Dynamo Kyiv 1992 Ukrainian Premier League 5 3 1 0 – 6 3
1992–93 27 16 5 5 4 3 36 24
1993–94 24 15 0 0 2 2 26 17
1994–95 20 17 3 0 6 3 29 20
1995–96 13 5 4 1 0 0 17 6
1996–97 9 5 0 0 4 0 13 5
1997–98 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 4
Total 98 61 15 10 16 8 129 79
CSKA Kyiv 1998–99 Ukrainian Premier League 12 5 4 1 4 1 20 7
1999–2000 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Total 13 5 4 1 4 1 21 7
Zakarpattia 2000–01 Ukrainian First League 5 2 0 0 – 5 2
2001–02 Ukrainian Premier League 7 1 2 1 – 9 2
Total 12 3 2 1 0 0 14 4
Career total 236 109 24 12 26 9 286 130
  1. ^ Includes Soviet Cup, Russian Cup (football), Cup

International

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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
1 18 May 1993 Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–1 2–1 Friendly
2 16 October 1993 A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States  United States 1–1 2–1 Friendly
3 2–1
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

References

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  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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