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Oleksandr Yatsenko 
Personal information Full name Oleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko Date of birth 24 February 1985 Place of birth Kiev, Soviet Union Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Illichivets Number 51 Youth career 2001–2002 Dynamo-3 Kyiv 2001–2005 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2007 Dynamo Kyiv 10 (0) 2005–2006 →Kharkiv (loan) 37 (1) 2007 →Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan) 0 (0) 2007–2010 Chornomorets 36 (0) 2010– Illichivets 11 (0) National team‡ 2004 Ukraine (U-19) ? (?) 2005 Ukraine (U-20) 24 (3) 2006 Ukraine (U-21) 28 (3) 2005- Ukraine 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2010Oleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko (born 24 February 1985 in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football player, who currently plays for the Ukrainian Premier League team Illichivets. He is a defender, and usually plays in the sweeper position.
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Club career
Yatsenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth system, and has featured 10 times for their senior team. He went on loan twice; first to Kharkiv in 2005, and in 2007 to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for the spring half of the 2006–07 season. In July 2007 he signed a three-year contract with FC Chornomorets Odessa.
International career
He has represented Ukraine at all levels. He was a semi-finalist at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, and played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He captained his team to a silver medal at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Yatsenko was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Ukraine squad as a replacement for the injured Serhiy Fedorov. He currently has one cap for the senior Ukraine national football team, in a 1–0 friendly win over Japan on 12 October 2005.
Yatsenko was awarded the Order For Courage by President Viktor Yushchenko for his participation in the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.[1]
References
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 697/2006" (in Ukrainian). President.gov.ua. 2006-08-23. http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4871.html.
External links
- Oleksandr Yatsenko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Oleksandr Yatsenko at ffu.org.ua
- Interview with Yatsenko on FC Chonomorets’ official website (Russian)
- Another interview with Yatsenko on FC Chonomorets’ official website (Russian)
Ukraine squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Runners-up 1 Pyatov • 2 Romanchuk • 3 Ischenko • 4 Nevmyvaka • 5 Yatsenko • 6 Chygrynskiy • 7 Feshchuk • 8 Aliyev • 9 Pukanych • 10 Milevskiy • 11 Fomin • 12 Rybka • 13 Pylypchuk • 14 Cheberyachko • 15 Yarmash • 16 Kryvosheyenko • 17 Mykhalyk • 18 Hodin • 19 Maksymov • 20 Sytnyk • 21 Oberemko • 22 Shyryayev • Coach: Mikhailichenko
Ukraine squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Shovkovskiy • 2 Nesmachniy • 3 Yatsenko • 4 Tymoshchuk • 5 Yezerskiy • 6 Rusol • 7 Shevchenko (c) • 8 Shelayev • 9 Husyev • 10 Voronin • 11 Rebrov • 12 Pyatov • 13 Chygrynskiy • 14 Husin • 15 Milevskiy • 16 Vorobey • 17 Vashchuk • 18 Nazarenko • 19 Kalynychenko • 20 Byelik • 21 Rotan • 22 Sviderskyi • 23 Shust • Coach: Blokhin
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