Viktor Leonenko
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| Viktor Leonenko | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | October 5, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Tyumen, (RSFSR, Soviet Union | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-91 1991-92 1992-98 1998-00 2001-02 |
Geolog Tyumen FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Kyiv CSKA Kyiv FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
93(26) 20(14) 98(62) 13(5) 7(1) |
| National team | ||
| 1992–1996 | Ukraine | 14 (6) |
| Teams managed | ||
| FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Viktor Leonenko (born 5 October 1969 in Tyumen, Russia) is a former footballer and Ukraine international. Despite being born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine side after breaking through as a striker for Dynamo Kyiv, following stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and FC Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to Dynamo in 1992, where he played until 1998.
Despite being a successful striker 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 Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, Leonenko moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001. During his four years representing the Ukrainian national team from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.
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Preceded by Akhrik Tsveiba |
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year 1992 – 1994 |
Succeeded by Yuri Kalitvintsev |
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