Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko

Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko
Oleksandr Yakovenko
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko
Date of birth 23 July 1987 (1987-07-23) (age 24)
Place of birth Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Anderlecht
Number 17
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- Anderlecht 19 (2)
2009-2011 Westerlo (Loan) 57 (13)
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 13 May 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2011

Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Яковенко; born 23 July 1987 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian football striker, who plays for Belgian Jupiler Pro League club R.S.C. Anderlecht.[1]

He has also played for FC Metalist Kharkiv, and SK Lierse in the past. His name is sometimes transliterated as Alexander Yakovenko or Oleksandr Iakovenko. 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. He is the son of a former footballer (now coach), Pavlo Yakovenko.

References

  1. ^ Article on KRC Genk Official Website

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