Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko (; ; 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.3 taim intro page
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 + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGeolog Tyumen1988Soviet First League17010–1801989351110–36111990331200–331219918300–83Total932620009526Dynamo Moscow1991Soviet Top League16910602391992Russian Premier League45000045Total201410602714Dynamo Kyiv1992Ukrainian Premier League5310–631992–932716554336241993–942415002226171994–952017306329201995–9613541001761996–979500401351997–9800240024Total9861151016812979CSKA Kyiv1998–99Ukrainian Premier League12541412071999–20001000–10Total1354141217Zakarpattia2000–01Ukrainian First League5200–522001–02Ukrainian Premier League7121–92Total1232100144Career total2361092412269286130
International Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leonenko goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Viktor LeonenkoNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 18 May 1993 Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 1–1 2–1 Friendly2 16 October 1993 A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States 1–1 2–1 Friendly3 2–14 25 May 1994 Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine Belarus 1–1 3–1 Friendly5 13 August 1996 Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine 1–1 5–2 Friendly6 3–1
References
External links
List of all National team games
Interview to the newspaper "Bulvar Gordona"
3 taim of 19 August 2010. The studio guest the Ukrainian coach Serhiy Rebrov (video footage) Leonenko's football blog at segodnya.ua