Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko | ||
Date of birth | 24 March 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Date of death | 21 December 2010 34) | (aged||
Place of death | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993 | FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka | 21 | (1) |
1994–1996 | FC Shakhtar Makiivka | 87 | (15) |
1996–1998 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 40 | (4) |
1997 | →FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 4 | (0) |
1998–1999 | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | (0) |
1998–1999 | →FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 27 | (2) |
1999–2003 | FC Metalurh Donetsk | 55 | (2) |
2002–2003 | →FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 5 | (0) |
2003–2004 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 16 | (0) |
2004 | →FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 3 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
1997 | Ukraine-21 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 21 December 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 December 2010 |
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