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Viktor Leonenko
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<h2 id="club-career">Club career</h2> <p>Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as <a href="/facts/FC_Tyumen/G8RD3NCr">Geolog Tyumen</a> and <a href="/facts/FC_Dynamo_Moscow/PnLYyzA7">Dynamo Moscow</a>, before transferring to <a href="/facts/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv/SI44J0yP">Dynamo Kyiv</a> in 1992, where he played until 1998. </p><p>A successful forward for Dynamo in the early to mid 1990s – Leonenko was named <a href="/facts/Ukrainian_Footballer_of_the_Year/KN0IU4aX">Ukrainian Footballer of the Year</a> in 1992, 1993, and 1994 – Leonenko was eventually forced to the bench with the emergence of the striker partnership of <a href="/facts/Serhii_Rebrov/3AVuf72I">Serhii Rebrov</a> and <a href="/facts/Andriy_Shevchenko/41WGxW5k">Andriy Shevchenko</a>. In 1998, he moved to play for <a href="/facts/Arsenal_Kyiv/zGeYX2du">CSKA Kyiv</a> and ended his career with <a href="/facts/FC_Zakarpattia_Uzhhorod/K5bMsTHs">Zakarpattia Uzhhorod</a> in 2001. </p> <h2 id="international-career">International career</h2> <p>Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the <a href="/facts/Ukraine_national_football_team/7R63LV1U">Ukraine national team</a> soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals. </p> <h2 id="career-statistics">Career statistics</h2> <h3>Club</h3> Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Club</th><th rowspan="2">Season</th><th colspan="3">League</th><th colspan="2">Cup<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/UEFA/UafFnEBe">Europe</a></th><th colspan="2">Total</th></tr><tr><th>Division</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/FC_Tyumen/G8RD3NCr">Geolog Tyumen</a></td><td><a href="/facts/1988_Soviet_First_League/3SbeLW2q">1988</a></td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Soviet_First_League/YlFte958">Soviet First League</a></td><td>17</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>18</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1989_Soviet_First_League/chQQF11j">1989</a></td><td>35</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>36</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1990_Soviet_First_League/fN3rkmcp">1990</a></td><td>33</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>33</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1991_Soviet_First_League/tGtCuFXz">1991</a></td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>8</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>93</th><th>26</th><th>2</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>95</th><th>26</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/FC_Dynamo_Moscow/PnLYyzA7">Dynamo Moscow</a></td><td><a href="/facts/1991_Soviet_Top_League/6LngYga1">1991</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Top_League/kmTUw48X">Soviet Top League</a></td><td>16</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>23</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1992_Russian_Top_League/5lju5DhT">1992</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Premier_League/gW1yhDJK">Russian Premier League</a></td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>20</th><th>14</th><th>1</th><th>0</th><th>6</th><th>0</th><th>27</th><th>14</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"><a href="/facts/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv/SI44J0yP">Dynamo Kyiv</a></td><td><a href="/facts/1992_Ukrainian_Premier_League/nn5mPcGd">1992</a></td><td rowspan="7"><a href="/facts/Ukrainian_Premier_League/EsbL04dr">Ukrainian Premier League</a></td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>6</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1992%25E2%2580%259393_Ukrainian_Premier_League/23DuWg9u">1992–93</a></td><td>27</td><td>16</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>36</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1993%25E2%2580%259394_Ukrainian_Premier_League/WIpqpvqy">1993–94</a></td><td>24</td><td>15</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1994%25E2%2580%259395_Ukrainian_Premier_League/7nbyC9JP">1994–95</a></td><td>20</td><td>17</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>29</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1995%25E2%2580%259396_Ukrainian_Premier_League/ng2Auk7S">1995–96</a></td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>17</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1996%25E2%2580%259397_Ukrainian_Premier_League/gRfXymRv">1996–97</a></td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>13</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1997%25E2%2580%259398_Ukrainian_Premier_League/9S2J3Qz0">1997–98</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>98</th><th>61</th><th>15</th><th>10</th><th>16</th><th>8</th><th>129</th><th>79</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/FC_Arsenal_Kyiv/zGeYX2du">CSKA Kyiv</a></td><td><a href="/facts/1998%25E2%2580%259399_Ukrainian_Premier_League/FIX5fhl5">1998–99</a></td><td rowspan="2">Ukrainian Premier League</td><td>12</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>20</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1999%25E2%2580%25932000_Ukrainian_Premier_League/0B4Jw7Xj">1999–2000</a></td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>13</th><th>5</th><th>4</th><th>1</th><th>4</th><th>1</th><th>21</th><th>7</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/FC_Zakarpattia_Uzhhorod/K5bMsTHs">Zakarpattia</a></td><td><a href="/facts/2000%25E2%2580%259301_Ukrainian_First_League/mlgT6Bgo">2000–01</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ukrainian_First_League/R48nJYCN">Ukrainian First League</a></td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>5</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2001%25E2%2580%259302_Ukrainian_Premier_League/BDJcvBGY">2001–02</a></td><td>Ukrainian Premier League</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td colspan="2">–</td><td>9</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>12</th><th>3</th><th>2</th><th>1</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>14</th><th>4</th></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Career total</th><th>236</th><th>109</th><th>24</th><th>12</th><th>26</th><th>9</th><th>286</th><th>130</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>International</h3> <i>Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leonenko goal.</i> List of international goals scored by Viktor Leonenko<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Date</th><th scope="col">Venue</th><th scope="col">Opponent</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">Result</th><th scope="col">Competition</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>18 May 1993</td><td><a href="/facts/%25C5%25BDalgiris_Stadium/r4SNkgRy">Žalgiris Stadium</a>, <a href="/facts/Vilnius/ecy21qeQ">Vilnius</a>, Lithuania</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lithuania_national_football_team/7tpLBzJ0">Lithuania</a></td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td><td>Friendly</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td rowspan="2">16 October 1993</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/A.J._Simeon_Stadium/WuUJmjde">A.J. Simeon Stadium</a>, <a href="/facts/High_Point%2c_North_Carolina/seRL20lh">High Point</a>, United States</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/United_States_men%2527s_national_soccer_team/qzeWseWK">United States</a></td><td>1–1</td><td rowspan="2">2–1</td><td rowspan="2">Friendly</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>25 May 1994</td><td><a href="/facts/NSC_Olympiyskiy_Stadium/ya1tdoMM">Republican Stadium</a>, <a href="/facts/Kyiv/uVAMxK8R">Kyiv</a>, Ukraine</td><td><a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob"></a> <a href="/facts/Belarus_national_football_team/zSAH4syX">Belarus</a></td><td>1–1</td><td>3–1</td><td>Friendly</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td rowspan="2">13 August 1996</td><td rowspan="2">Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine</td><td rowspan="2"> <a href="/facts/Lithuania_national_football_team/7tpLBzJ0">Lithuania</a></td><td>1–1</td><td rowspan="2">5–2</td><td rowspan="2">Friendly</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>3–1</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://footballfacts.ru/person/9870">Viktor Leonenko</a> at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) </li> <li><a href="https://start.uaf.ua/players/25962">Viktor Leonenko</a> at <a href="/facts/Ukrainian_Association_of_Football/VvVMnW0c">UAF</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/25962/">archived FFU page</a> (in Ukrainian)</li> <li><a href="http://www.fanatukr.com/igrok/leonenko.html">List of all National team games</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/19787.html">Viktor Leonenko</a> at National-Football-Teams.com</li> <li><a href="http://www.bulvar.com.ua/arch/2008/11/47e01ffa4aefe/">Interview to the newspaper "Bulvar Gordona"</a> (in Russian)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110723105849/http://rutube.ru/tracks/697658.html">Interview of Leonenko to "2:1" at Nash football (video footage)</a> at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 23 July 2011) (in Russian)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110823174133/http://onlinegoal.com.ua/index.php?name=news&op=readfull&news=2312">3 taim of 19 August 2010. The studio guest the Ukrainian coach Serhiy Rebrov</a> (video footage) (in Russian and Ukrainian)</li> <li><a href="http://sport.segodnya.ua/blogs/leonenkoblog.html">Leonenko's football blog at segodnya.ua</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>3 taim intro page Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) <a href="http://ictv.ua/ru/ether/700682/" target="_blank">http://ictv.ua/ru/ether/700682/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Includes Soviet Cup, Russian Cup (football), Cup <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Cup" target="_blank">/wiki/Soviet_Cup</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Viktor Leonenko, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 May 2022. <a href="https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12062" target="_blank">https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12062</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>