Viktor Kovalenko (footballer)

This article is about the soccer player. For the ice dancer, see Viktor Kovalenko (ice dancer). For the sailor, see Victor Kovalenko. For the decathlete, see Victor Covalenco.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Viktorovych and the family name is Kovalenko.

Viktor Kovalenko
Personal information

Full name	Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko
Date of birth	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996
Place of birth	Kherson, Ukraine
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	74
Youth career
2008–2013	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2013–	Shakhtar Donetsk	19	(0)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Ukraine U16	13	(4)
2010–2013	Ukraine U17	20	(11)
2013–2015	Ukraine U19	20	(5)
2015	Ukraine U20	5	(5)
2015	Ukraine U21	6	(2)
2016–	Ukraine	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 March 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2016

Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Вікторович Коваленко; born 14 February 1996 in Kherson, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career

Kovalenko is product of youth team systems of FC Shakhtar Donetsk.^[1] He made his début in the Ukrainian Premier League for Shakhtar in the game against FC Vorskla Poltava on 28 February 2015.^[2] On May 9, 2015, he made his first direct contribution for the first team when assisting the fifth and sixth goals for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in a 7–3 win over FC Hoverla Uzhhorod.

International career

Kovalenko was called up by Ukraine to play in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored two goals in a 6–0 victory over Myanmar^[3] and added a hat-trick against the United States to secure 3–0 win at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, as the team reached the round of 16.^[4] He was the Golden Boot of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with 5 goals.

References

↑ Віктор Коваленко (in Ukrainian). Shakhtar's Academy Site. 2015-03-01.
↑ Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 102 28.02.2015 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 2015-03-01.
↑ "Ukraine hit Myanmar for six". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
↑ "Kovalenko treble puts Ukraine on top". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup awards

Golden Ball	1977: Bessonov 1979: Maradona 1981: Gabor 1983: Geovani 1985: Silas 1987: Prosinečki 1989: Bismarck 1991: Peixe 1993: Adriano 1995: Caio 1997: Olivera 1999: Keita 2001: Saviola 2003: Matar 2005: Messi 2007: Agüero 2009: Adiyiah 2011: Henrique 2013: Pogba 2015: Traoré

Golden Shoe	1977: Guina 1979: Díaz 1981: Koussas 1983: Geovani 1985: Losada 1987: Witeczek 1989: Salenko 1991: Scherbakov 1993: Zambrano 1995: Etxeberria 1997: Adaílton 1999: Couñago 2001: Saviola 2003: Johnson 2005: Messi 2007: Agüero 2009: Adiyiah 2011: Henrique 2013: Assifuah 2015: Kovalenko

Golden Glove	2009: Alvarado 2011: Mika 2013: de Amores 2015: Rajković

FC Shakhtar Donetsk – current squad

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