| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (aged 34) | ||
| 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 | |||
Oleksandr Kovalenko (Ukrainian : Олександр Олександрович Коваленко; 24 March 1976 – 21 December 2010 [1] ) was a Ukrainian professional football player and later a football referee.
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