Pavel Yakovenko

Football manager infobox
playername= Pavel Yakovenko


fullname = Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|12|19
cityofbirth = Nikopol
countryofbirth = Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
currentclub = none
position = Midfielder
years = 1981-1982
1982-1993
1993-1994
clubs = Metalist Kharkiv
Dynamo Kyiv
FC Sochaux
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
161 (5)
6 (1)
nationalyears = 1986-1990
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 (1)
manageryears = 1994-1995
1996-1997
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005-2007
2007-
managerclubs = FC Metalurh Nikopol
Uralan Elista
Ukraine U-21
FC Khimki
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Rostov

Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko ( _uk. Павло Олександрович Яковенко) - or Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko ( _ru. Павел Александрович Яковенко) -, born 19 December 1964 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR), is a former footballer and USSR international. Yakovenko's superb build-up play during the mid-1980s made him the starting midfielder for both Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national football team during their respective successful campaigns of winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and advancing to the quarterfinals in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. However, recurrent injuries had limited Yakovenko's playing time after 1987 and Yakovenko never returned to his earlier form, becoming a bench player at best.

Individual honours

* European Footballer of the Year: t-21st in 1986