# Viktor Leonenko

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 Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to 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 Serhii Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.

## International career

Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine national team soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Geolog Tyumen | 1988 | Soviet First League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| Geolog Tyumen | 1989 | Soviet First League | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 11 |
| Geolog Tyumen | 1990 | Soviet First League | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 12 |
| Geolog Tyumen | 1991 | Soviet First League | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 3 |
| Geolog Tyumen | Total | Total | 93 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 26 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1991 | Soviet Top League | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1992 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Dynamo Moscow | Total | Total | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1992 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 3 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1992–93 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1993–94 | Ukrainian Premier League | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 17 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1994–95 | Ukrainian Premier League | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 20 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1995–96 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1996–97 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1997–98 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Total | Total | 98 | 61 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 129 | 79 |
| CSKA Kyiv | 1998–99 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| CSKA Kyiv | 1999–2000 | Ukrainian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| CSKA Kyiv | Total | Total | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
| Zakarpattia | 2000–01 | Ukrainian First League | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 2 |
| Zakarpattia | 2001–02 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 2 |
| Zakarpattia | Total | Total | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 236 | 109 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 286 | 130 |
* ↑ Includes Soviet Cup, Russian Cup (football), Cup

### International

    Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leonenko goal.
List of international goals scored by Viktor Leonenko :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 18 May 1993 | Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 16 October 1993 | A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States | United States | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 16 October 1993 | A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States | United States | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 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 | 13 August 1996 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | Lithuania | 3–1 | 5–2 | Friendly |