Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Málaga (on loan from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | FC Lokomotyv-MSM-OMIKS Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 | Metalist Kharkiv | 8 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Lierse | 24 | (2) |
| 2006–2008 | Racing Genk | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Anderlecht | 23 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | → Westerlo (loan) | 57 | (13) |
| 2012 | → OH Leuven (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2013– | Fiorentina | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Málaga (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Ukraine-15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | Ukraine-16 | 5 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Ukraine-17 | 17 | (3) |
| 2005 | Ukraine-18 | 5 | (3) |
| 2005 | Ukraine-19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2006–2008 | Ukraine-21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2010– | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko[1] (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Яковенко; born 23 June 1987 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Málaga CF in Spain, on loan from Fiorentina, as a striker.
He has also played for FC Metalist Kharkiv, and SK Lierse in the past. In the January Transfer window for the 2007-2008 season, he was loaned out to Anderlecht and made an immediate impact constantly being selected as a starter as well as scoring goals in the domestic league and the UEFA Cup. The following summer Anderlecht signed him on a four year full-time contract.
After being loaned out for two seasons to Westerlo, Iakovenko chose to be loaned out to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in 2012.[2]
Personal life
He is the older son of the former Ukrainian footballer and current coach Pavlo Yakovenko. His younger brother Yuriy Yakovenko is also footballer[3]
References
- ↑ His name is sometimes transliterated as Alexander Yakovenko or Oleksandr Iakovenko.
- ↑ "Iakovenko to play at Den Dreef" (in dutch). sporza.be. 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Олександр Яковенко: Я був присутнім на пологах свого сина" (in Ukrainian). gold-football.at.ua. 2010-10-07.
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