Oleksandr Kovalenko | |
Fullname: | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1976 |
Birth Place: | Artemivsk, Ukrainian SSR |
Death Place: | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Years1: | 1993 |
Years2: | 1994–1996 |
Years3: | 1996–1998 |
Years4: | 1997 |
Years5: | 1998–1999 |
Years6: | 1998–1999 |
Years7: | 1999–2003 |
Years8: | 2002–2003 |
Years9: | 2003–2004 |
Years10: | 2004 |
Clubs10: | → Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih |
Caps1: | 21 |
Caps2: | 87 |
Caps3: | 40 |
Caps4: | 4 |
Caps5: | 4 |
Caps6: | 27 |
Caps7: | 55 |
Caps8: | 5 |
Caps9: | 16 |
Caps10: | 3 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Goals2: | 15 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 262 |
Totalgoals: | 25 |
Nationalyears1: | 1997 |
Nationalteam1: | Ukraine U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko (uk|Олександр Олександрович Коваленко; 24 March 1976 – 21 December 2010) was a Ukrainian professional footballer and later a football referee.
Kovalenko made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Second League in 1993 for FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka.[1] After his initial professional stint he played for different Ukrainian Premier League clubs.
Kovalenko played four matches for the Ukraine national under-21 football team in 1997.
After retiring as a footballer, Kovalenko worked as a football referee.
On 21 December 2010, Kovalenko committed suicide by jumping from his apartment.[2]