- Viktor Leonenko
Infobox Football biography
playername= Viktor Leonenko
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|10|5
cityofbirth =Tyumen
countryofbirth = (RSFSR ,Soviet Union
height =
currentclub =
position =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988-91
1991-92
1992-98
1998-00
2001-02
clubs = Geolog TyumenFC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Kyiv CSKA KyivFC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
caps(goals) = 93(26) 20(14) 98(62) 13(5) 7(1)
nationalyears = 1992–1996
nationalteam = Ukraine
nationalcaps(goals) = 14 (6)
manageryears =
managerclubs =FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |Viktor Leonenko (born
5 October 1969 inTyumen ,Russia ) is a former footballer and Ukraine international. Despite being born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine side after breaking through as a striker forDynamo Kyiv , following stints atRussia n clubs such as Geolog Tyumen andFC Dynamo Moscow , before transferring to Dynamo in 1992, where he played until 1998.Despite being a successful striker for Dynamo in the early to mid 1990s (Leonenko was named
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 1992, 1993, and 1994), Leonenko was eventually forced to the bench with the emergence of the striker partnership ofSerhiy Rebrov andAndriy Shevchenko . In 1998, Leonenko moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career withFC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001. During his four years representing the Ukrainian national team from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.
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