Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Євге́нович Лео́ненко; Russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Леоненко; born 5 October 1969) is a former footballer and Ukraine international who played as a forward. At least since 2006 he is a football commentator and analyst for the televised football forum "3 time" at the Ukrainian TV-network ICTV.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko | ||
Date of birth | (1969-10-05) 5 October 1969 (age 52) | ||
Place of birth | Tyumen, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Geolog Tyumen | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1991 | Geolog Tyumen | 93 | (26) |
1991–1992 | Dynamo Moscow | 20 | (14) |
1992–1998 | Dynamo Kyiv | 98 | (61) |
1995–1998 | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 45 | (11) |
1998–2000 | CSKA Kyiv | 13 | (5) |
2001–2002 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 12 | (3) |
Total | 281 | (120) | |
National team | |||
1992–1996 | Ukraine | 14 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and FC Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to FC Dynamo Kyiv in 1992, where he played until 1998.
A successful forward 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 of Serhii Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.
Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine national team soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Geolog Tyumen | 1988 | Soviet First League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
1989 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | |||
1990 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 12 | |||
1991 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | |||
Total | 93 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 26 | ||
Dynamo Moscow | 1991 | Soviet Top League | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 |
1992 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
Total | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 14 | ||
Dynamo Kyiv | 1992 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 3 | |
1992–93 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | ||
1993–94 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 17 | ||
1994–95 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 20 | ||
1995–96 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | ||
1996–97 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||
1997–98 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Total | 98 | 61 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 129 | 79 | ||
CSKA Kyiv | 1998–99 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
1999–2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | ||
Zakarpattia | 2000–01 | Ukrainian First League | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | |
2001–02 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 9 | 2 | ||
Total | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
Career total | 236 | 109 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 286 | 130 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 18 May 1993 | Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2 | 16 October 1993 | A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
3 | 2–1 | |||||
4 | 25 May 1994 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
5 | 13 August 1996 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() | 1–1 | 5–2 | Friendly |
6 | 3–1 |
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year | |
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Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR (and predecessors) |
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Sportyvna Hazeta (Komsomolskoye Znamia) |
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Molod Ukrayiny |
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Ukrainskiy Football (newspaper) |
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Ukrainskiy Football (website) | |
Kyiv Institute of Physical Culture (MVP of Ukrainian clubs) |
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Football Federation of Ukraine (MVP of the Vyshcha Liha) |
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Komanda (MVP of the UPL) |
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Komanda1 (MVP of the UPL) | |
Best player of the UPL season |
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Football Stars of Ukraine |
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