Konstantin Valeryevich Kovalenko (Russian: Константин Валерьевич Коваленко; Belarusian: Канстанцін Валер'евіч Каваленка; born 2 February 1975) is a Belarusian and Russian former professional footballer.[1] He also worked as a youth coach with FC Krasnodar in Russia.[2]

Konstantin Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Valeryevich Kovalenko
Date of birth (1975-02-02) 2 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Rahachow, Belarusian SSR
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Kuban Barannikovsky 7 (1)
1992 Torpedo Armavir 5 (3)
1993–1995 Kolos Krasnodar 99 (39)
1995–1996 Kremin Kremenchuk 10 (1)
1996 Spartak Moscow 2 (1)
1997 Kuban Krasnodar 20 (8)
1997 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 10 (1)
1998 Metallurg Lipetsk 10 (2)
1998 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 13 (3)
1999 Alania Vladikavkaz 3 (0)
1999 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 15 (5)
2000 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 18 (9)
2001 Kuban Krasnodar 11 (2)
2002 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 11 (1)
2002 Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye 2 (0)
2003 Spartak Nalchik 23 (3)
2004 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 10 (0)
2005 Sochi-04 10 (1)
2005 Azovets Primorsko-Akhtarsk
2006 GNS-Spartak Krasnodar
2007 Azovets Primorsko-Akhtarsk
2008 Sochi-04 10 (6)
2018 FC Kuban Krasnodar (amateur)
International career
1995–1999 Belarus 2 (0)
Managerial career
2011 CPYuF Krasnodar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Kuban Barannikovsky. He played 1 game in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup for FC Spartak Moscow.

His brother Andrei Kovalenko also played football professionally.

On 27 October 2008 he punched referee Sergei Timofeyev in the face in the Russian Second Division game FC Sochi-04 - FC Olimpia Volgograd.[3] He was banned from football for a year.

Honours

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Spartak Moscow

References

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  1. ^ "FC Kuban vs. FC Flight" (in Russian). GreenMile.ru. 12 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Interview with Pressball.by". Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ "КоваленКО". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
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