Yuriy Yakovenko
Personal information
Full name Яковенко, Юрий Викторович
Date of birth (1971-12-19) 19 December 1971
Place of birth Chernihiv Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Desna Chernihiv 134 (26)
1993–1997 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 99 (11)
1997 Torpedo Arzamas 39 (19)
1998–1999 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 41 (15)
1999–2001 Desna Chernihiv 40 (21)
2001–2002 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 17 (4)
2001–2002 Desna Chernihiv 16 (7)
2003–2004 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 27 (2)
2003–2004 Desna Chernihiv 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2021

Yuriy Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Яковенко, Юрий Викторович) is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player.[1][2]

Career

He began playing at the adult level in 1990 as part of the Desna Chernihiv, as part of which he spent two seasons in the Soviet Second League of the USSR and two - in the Ukrainian First League of Ukraine.[3][4]

In 1993 he moved to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. He made his Premier League debut on 8 August 1993 against Luhansk Zari,[5] and scored his first goal on 8 October 1993 against Dnipro.[6] He spent three and a half seasons with the club from Krivoy Rog, played 99 matches in the top league and scored 11 goals.

In 1997 he played in the second division of Russia for Torpedo Arzamas, became the best scorer of his club with 19 goals. In 1998, as part of Torpedo-ZIL Moscow became the winner of the zonal tournament of the second division, the following year he played for the team only one match in the first division.[7][8]

In 1999 he returned to Desna Chernihiv, where he scored 16 goals in the 2000/01 season and became the silver medalist of the zonal tournament of the second league. In early 2002 he moved to Zirka Kropyvnytskyi, became the winner of the first league of the 2002/03 season. In the 2003/04 season he played 10 matches and scored one goal in the Premier League as a member of Zvezda, but in the middle of the season he returned to Desna. In 2004 he finished his sports career.

In total, he played 109 matches and scored 12 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League. As part of the Desna Chernihiv in the championships of the USSR and Ukraine scored 57 goals, is among the top ten scorers of the club in history.

He graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education of Chernihiv Pedagogical University. Since 2004 he has been working as a graphic designer.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Яковенко Юрий Викторович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Яковенко Юрій Вікторович". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Яковенко Юрий Викторович". www.sportbox.ru. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Yuriy Yakovenko". www.allplayers.in.ua. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Заря-МАЛС Луганск 1 : 0 Кривбасс". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ ""Днепр" Днепропетровск - "Кривбасс" Кривой Рог - 2:1". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Яковенко Юрий, Yakovenko Yury - футболист, нападающий". www.teams.by. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Яковенко Юрий Викторович". www.turnmaster.ru. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Яковенко Юрий Викторович. DTP-дизайнер, фотограф". www.work.ua. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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