Oleksandr Kovalenko

Oleksandr Kovalenko
Oleksandr Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko
Date of birth 24 March 1976(1976-03-24)
Place of birth Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 21 December 2010(2010-12-21) (aged 34)
Place of death Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka 21 (1)
19941996 FC Shakhtar Makiivka 87 (15)
19961998 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 40 (4)
1997 FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 4 (0)
19981999 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4 (0)
19981999 FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 27 (2)
19992003 FC Metalurh Donetsk 55 (2)
20022003 FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk 5 (0)
20032004 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 16 (0)
2004 FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih 3 (1)
National team
1997 Ukraine-21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2010.

Appearances (Goals).

National team caps and goals correct as of 21 December 2010

Oleksandr Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Коваленко; (24 March 197621 December 2010[1]) was a Ukrainian professional football player and later a football referee.

Career

Kovalenko made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Second League in 1993 for FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka.[2] After his initial professional stint he played for different Ukrainian Premier League clubs.

Kovalenko played four matches for the Ukraine national under-21 football team in 1997.

After retiring as a footballer, Kovalenko worked as a football referee.

Death

On 21 December 2010, Kovalenko committed suicide by jumping from his apartment.[1]

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