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Viktor Leonenko

{{Short description|Footballer (born 1969)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Viktor Leonenko

| fullname = Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|5}}

| birth_place = Tyumen, Soviet Union

| height = 1.76 m

| currentclub =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Geolog Tyumen

| years1 = 1988–1991 | clubs1 = Geolog Tyumen | caps1 = 93 | goals1 = 26

| years2 = 1991–1992 | clubs2 = Dynamo Moscow | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 14

| years3 = 1992–1998 | clubs3 = Dynamo Kyiv | caps3 = 98 | goals3 = 61

| years4 = 1995–1998 | clubs4 = → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | caps4 = 45 | goals4 = 11

| years5 = 1997 | clubs5 = → Dynamo-3 Kyiv | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1998–2000 | clubs6 = CSKA Kyiv | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2001 | clubs7 = Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 3

| totalcaps = 281 | totalgoals = 120

| nationalyears1 = 1992–1996 | nationalteam1 = Ukraine | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 6

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko ({{langx|uk|Ві́ктор Євге́нович Лео́ненко}}; {{langx|ru|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.[http://ictv.ua/ru/ether/700682/ 3 taim intro page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723051910/http://ictv.ua/ru/ether/700682/ |date=23 July 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

Club career

Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to 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 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.

International career

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.

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Soviet Cup, Russian Cup (football), Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

Divisionwidth="40"|Appswidth="40"|Goalswidth="40"|Appswidth="40"|Goalswidth="40"|Appswidth="40"|Goalswidth="40"|Appswidth="40"|Goals
rowspan="5"|Geolog Tyumen

|1988

|rowspan="4"|Soviet First League

|17

010colspan="2"|–180
1989

|35

1110colspan="2"|–3611
1990

|33

1200colspan="2"|–3312
1991

|8

300colspan="2"|–83
colspan="2"|Total

!93

2620009526
rowspan="3"|Dynamo Moscow

|1991

|Soviet Top League

|16

91060239
1992

|Russian Premier League

|4

5000045
colspan="2"|Total

!20

1410602714
rowspan="8"|Dynamo Kyiv

|1992

|rowspan="7"|Ukrainian Premier League

|5

310colspan="2"|–63
1992–93

|27

1655433624
1993–94

|24

1500222617
1994–95

|20

1730632920
1995–96

|13

54100176
1996–97

|9

50040135
1997–98

|0

0240024
colspan="2"|Total

!98

61151016812979
rowspan="3"|CSKA Kyiv

|1998–99

|rowspan="2"|Ukrainian Premier League

|12

54141207
1999–2000

|1

000colspan="2"|–10
colspan="2"|Total

!13

54141217
rowspan="3"|Zakarpattia

|2000–01

|Ukrainian First League

|5

200colspan="2"|–52
2001–02

|Ukrainian Premier League

|7

121colspan="2"|–92
colspan="2"|Total

!12

32100144
colspan="3"|Career total

!236

1092412269286130

{{notelist}}

=International=

:Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leonenko goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Viktor Leonenko{{cite web |title=Viktor Leonenko, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12062 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=16 May 2022}}

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|118 May 1993Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania{{fb|Lithuania}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|2–1Friendly
align="center"|2rowspan="2"|16 October 1993rowspan="2"|A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United Statesrowspan="2"|{{fb|United States}}align="center"|1–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|3align="center"|2–1
align="center"|425 May 1994Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine{{flagicon|Belarus|1991}} Belarusalign="center"|1–1align="center"|3–1Friendly
align="center"|5rowspan="2"|13 August 1996rowspan="2"|Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukrainerowspan="2"|{{fb|Lithuania}}align="center"|1–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–2rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|6align="center"|3–1

References

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External links

  • {{FootballFacts.ru}}
  • {{FFU|25962}}
  • [http://www.fanatukr.com/igrok/leonenko.html List of all National team games]
  • {{NFT player|19787}}
  • [http://www.bulvar.com.ua/arch/2008/11/47e01ffa4aefe/ Interview to the newspaper "Bulvar Gordona"] {{in lang|ru}}
  • {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723105849/http://rutube.ru/tracks/697658.html |date=23 July 2011 |title=Interview of Leonenko to "2:1" at Nash football (video footage)}} {{in lang|ru}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110823174133/http://onlinegoal.com.ua/index.php?name=news&op=readfull&news=2312 3 taim of 19 August 2010. The studio guest the Ukrainian coach Serhiy Rebrov] (video footage) {{in lang|ru|uk}}
  • [http://sport.segodnya.ua/blogs/leonenkoblog.html Leonenko's football blog at segodnya.ua]

{{Ukrainian Footballer of the Year}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leonenko, Viktor}}

Category:1969 births

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Category:Footballers from Tyumen

Category:Men's association football forwards

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Category:FC Dynamo Kyiv players

Category:FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players

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Category:FC Dynamo Moscow players

Category:FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players

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