Quick Facts
Biography
Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Євге́нович Лео́ненко; Russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Леоненко; 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.
Club career
Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and FC Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to FC 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 Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.
International career
Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing the Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.
Career statistics
Club
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Soviet Union | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1988 | Geolog Tyumen | First League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 11 | ||
| 1990 | 33 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 12 | ||
| 1991 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | ||
| 1991 | Dynamo (M) | Top League | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 |
| Russia | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1992 | Dynamo (M) | Premier League | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| Ukraine | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1992 | Dynamo (K) | Premier League | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 3 |
| 1992-93 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | ||
| 1993-94 | 24 | 15 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 26 | 17 | ||
| 1994-95 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 20 | ||
| 1995-96 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 17 | 6 | ||
| 1996-97 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||
| 1997-98 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1998-99 | CSKA Kyiv | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | |
| 1999-00 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 | Zakarpattia | First League | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| 2001-02 | Premier League | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | Soviet | 109 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 35 | |
| Russia | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ukraine | 123 | 69 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 164 | 90 | ||
| Career total | 236 | 109 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 286 | 130 | ||
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 May 1993 | Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania | 1–1 | 1-2 | Friendly | |||||
| 2. | 16 October 1993 | A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States |  United States | 1–1 | 1-2 | Friendly | |||||
| 3. | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 4. | 25 May 1994 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | Belarus | 1–1 | 3-1 | Friendly | |||||
| 5. | 13 August 1996 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | Lithuania | 1–1 | 5-2 | Friendly | |||||
| 6. | 3–1 | ||||||||||