Illya Oleksandrovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Ілля Олександрович Коваленко; born 20 March 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dinaz Vyshhorod.[1]

Illya Kovalenko
Personal information
Full name Illya Oleksandrovych Kovalenko
Date of birth (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Kalanchak, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Dinaz Vyshhorod
Number 13
Youth career
2006–2007 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 10 (0)
2010–2012 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18 (2)
2011Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (loan) 17 (1)
2013 Poltava 15 (0)
2014–2016 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 82 (20)
2017–2018 Desna Chernihiv 21 (3)
2018Sumy (loan) 8 (2)
2018Inhulets Petrove (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2022 Inhulets Petrove 70 (6)
2022 LNZ Cherkasy 0 (0)
2022 Ekranas
2022 LNZ Cherkasy 0 (0)
2022 Akzhayik 9 (1)
2023 LNZ Cherkasy 5 (0)
2023 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 12 (0)
2024– Dinaz Vyshhorod 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2024

Career edit

Kovalenko is a product of the FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk academy. He became known during the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League season when he scored 12 goals playing for Obolon-Brovar Kyiv and Desna Chernihiv.

In 2022 he moved to Akzhayik, where he got into the final of the Kazakhstan Cup in 2022.

References edit

  1. ^ Illya Kovalenko at Soccerway

Honours edit

Akzhayik
Inhulets Petrove
Desna Chernihiv

External links edit