Viktor Kovalenko (footballer)

Viktor Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko
Date of birth (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996
Place of birth Kherson, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 74
Youth career
2008–2013 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Shakhtar Donetsk 52 (7)
National team
2011–2012 Ukraine U16 13 (4)
2010–2013 Ukraine U17 20 (11)
2013–2015 Ukraine U19 20 (5)
2015 Ukraine U20 5 (5)
2015 Ukraine U21 6 (2)
2016– Ukraine 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2017

Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Вікторович Коваленко; born 14 February 1996 in Kherson, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career

Kovalenko is product of youth team systems of FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[1] He made his début in the Ukrainian Premier League for Shakhtar in the game against FC Vorskla Poltava on 28 February 2015.[2] On May 9, 2015, he made his first direct contribution for the first team when assisting the fifth and sixth goals for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in a 7–3 win over FC Hoverla Uzhhorod.

International career

Kovalenko was called up by Ukraine to play in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored two goals in a 6–0 victory over Myanmar[3] and added a hat-trick against the United States to secure 3–0 win at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, as the team reached the round of 16.[4] He was the Golden Boot of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with 5 goals.

References

  1. Віктор Коваленко (in Ukrainian). Shakhtar's Academy Site. 2015-03-01.
  2. Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 102 28.02.2015 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 2015-03-01.
  3. "Ukraine hit Myanmar for six". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. "Kovalenko treble puts Ukraine on top". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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