- Oleksandr Kovpak
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Oleksandr Kovpak 
Personal information Full name Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Kovpak Date of birth 2 February 1983 Place of birth Smila, Soviet Union Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current club Arsenal Kyiv Number 9 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2005 Dnipro Cherkasy 47 (22) 2005–2010 Tavriya Simferopol 142 (41) 2011– Arsenal Kyiv * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).Oleksandr Kovpak (born 2 February 1983 in Smila, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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Career
He moved to Tavriya in the winter of 2005 from Dnipro Cherkassy.
Kovpak become the top goalscorer of the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 with Tavriya, having netted 17 goals.
The head coach of Ukraine's national team Oleksiy Mykhailychenko called him into the Ukrainian squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifying games versus Croatia and Kazakhstan on 6 June 2009 and 10 June 2009 respectively, but he remained an unused substitute for these matches.
During the winter break of the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season he transferred to Arsenal Kyiv.[1]
Career statistics
- As of 10 July 2011
Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Tavriya Simferopol 2004–05 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 2005–06 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 2006–07 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 30 3 2007–08 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 2008–09 28 17 2 1 3 0 0 0 33 18 2009–10 25 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 13 2010–11 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 5 Arsenal Kyiv 2010–11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 165 47 17 7 3 0 1 0 186 54 References
- ^ (Russian) "Александр Ковпак - игрок "Арсенала" (Oleksandr Kovpak - Arsenal player))". ua-football.com. 2 December 2010. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4cf75d49.html. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
External links
- Profile on Official Tavriya website (Russian)
FC Arsenal Kyiv – current squad 2 Lampi · 3 Florescu · 4 Symonenko · 5 Shershun · 6 Şoavă · 7 Mazilu · 8 Maksymov · 10 Vorobey · 11 Starhorodskyi · 12 Borovyk · 13 Mikoliūnas · 15 Shatskikh · 16 Yevseyev · 17 Bohdanov · 18 Quansah · 19 Kobakhidze · 20 Odibe · 21 Mostovy · 22 Homenyuk · 23 Pohorilyi · 27 Arzhanov · 28 Polyovyi · 33 Homin · 35 Hrytsay · 37 Chanheliya · 50 Meporiya · 77 Zakharevych · 90 Kovpak · Manager: Kuchouk
Ukrainian Premier League top scorers 1992: Hudymenko | 1993: Husyev | 1994: Huseinov | 1995: Avakov | 1996: Huseinov | 1997: Matviiv | 1998: Rebrov | 1999: Shevchenko | 2000: Shatskikh | 2001: Vorobei | 2002: Shyschenko | 2003: Shatskikh | 2004: Demetradze | 2005: Kosyrin | 2006: Brandão / Okoduwa | 2007: Gladkiy | 2008: Devich | 2009: Kovpak | 2010: Milevskiy | 2011: Seleznyov
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