Viktor Kovalenko (footballer)

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

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 Viktorovych Romanyuk Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Viktor Viktorovych Romanyuk 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(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 20
Youth career
2008–2015 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Shakhtar Donetsk 121 (19)
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)
2015–2018 Ukraine U21 13 (6)
2016– Ukraine 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2019

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. On February 20, 2020 Kovalenko scored a winning goal against Benfica in the Europa League's last 32 first leg 2:1 win for Shakhtar.[3]

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[4] 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.[5] He won the Golden Boot of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with 5 goals.

Honours

Club
Shakhtar

Individual

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 June 2020
Club Season League Ukrainian
Cup		 Champions
League		 Europa
League		 Ukrainian
Super Cup		 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shakhtar Donetsk 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 202000000040
2015–16 23072708210464
2016–17 287100083103810
2017–18 27441500010375
2018–19 25730602010377
2019–20 16110502100242
Career total 121191832301964018628

International
As of 11 June 2019
Ukraine national team
YearAppsGoals
2016100
201760
201840
201920
Total220

References
  1. Віктор Коваленко (in Ukrainian). Shakhtar's Academy Site. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 102 28.02.2015 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 1 March 2015.
  3. Patrick. "Castro's Shakhtar top Benfica in narrow first-leg triumph". portugoal.net. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. "Ukraine hit Myanmar for six". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. "Kovalenko treble puts Ukraine on top". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. "FIFA World Youth Championship New Zealand 2015". FIFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. "Визначено лауреатів сезону 2015/16!". .upl.ua. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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