| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Viktorovich Kovalenko | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dynamo Moscow[1] | |||
| Sportakademklub Moscow | |||
| 2001–2004 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Lodigiani (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Standard Liège | 44 | (5) |
| 2007 | → Lokeren (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Roeselare | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Volyn Lutsk | ? | (?) |
| 2009 | Torpedo Zhodino | 24 | (4) |
| 2010 | Belshina Bobruisk | 31 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| Ukraine U18 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Serhiy Viktorovich Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Коваленко, born 10 May 1984) is a Ukrainian footballer.
Kovalenko started his career at Juventus youth team. He was offered a contract after a trial along with Ilyos Zeytulayev and Viktor Budyanskiy. In February 2002, he joined Juve permanently. The Turin club paid US$400,000 (about €454,000) to buy Kovalenko and Zeytulayev's image and registration rights from Sportakademklub Moscow.[2] In January 2004, he was loaned to Lodigiani before joining Standard Liège in August 2004.[3] Juve received €5,000 for the player.[4]
He then joined Lokeren in January 2007[5] and in August 2007 signed a 2-year contract with Roeselare.[6] In March 2008 he terminated his contract with Roeselare.[7]
Kovalenko returned to Ukraine for FC Volyn Lutsk on 12 August 2008.[8]
In March 2009, he was signed by Torpedo Zhodino of Belarus.[1][9]