Serhiy Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Коваленко; born 10 May 1984) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Serhiy Viktorovych Kovalenko | ||
Date of birth | (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Chernihiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 | Yunist Chernihiv | ||
2000 | Dynamo Moscow[1] | ||
2001 | Sportakademklub Moscow | ||
2001–2004 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
2004 | → Lodigiani (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Standard Liège | 55 | (8) |
2007 | → Lokeren (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Roeselare | 8 | (0) |
2008 | Volyn Lutsk | 4 | (0) |
2009 | Torpedo Zhodino | 24 | (4) |
2010 | Belshina Bobruisk | 31 | (4) |
2011 | Polissya Dobrianka | ||
2012 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 18 | (1) |
2013 | Sumy | 11 | (1) |
2013 | Poltava | 3 | (0) |
National team | |||
Ukraine U18 [citation needed] | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2013 |
Serhiy Kovalenko started his youth career at Yunist Chernihiv. Then he moved to Russia to play for the youth squads of Dynamo Moscow[1] and Sportakademklub Moscow.
Kovalenko moved to Juventus youth team in 2001. He was offered a contract after a trial along with Ilyos Zeytulayev and Viktor Budyanskiy. In February 2002, he joined Juve permanently. The Turin club paid US$400,000 (about €454,000) to buy Kovalenko and Zeytulayev's image and registration rights from Sportakademklub Moscow.[2]
In January 2004, he was loaned to Lodigiani.[3]
He joined Standard Liège in August 2004.[3][4] Juve received €5,000 for the player.[5]
He then joined Lokeren in January 2007.[6]
In August 2007 he signed a 2-year contract with Roeselare.[7] In March 2008 he terminated his contract with Roeselare.[8]
Kovalenko returned to Ukraine to play for Volyn Lutsk on 12 August 2008.[9]
In March 2009, he was signed by Torpedo Zhodino of Belarus.[1][10]