Evgeniy Viktorovych Levchenko, also spelled Yevhen Levchenko (; born 2 January 1978 in

Kostiantynivka Kostiantynivka (, ; ) is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is situated on the Kryvyi Torets river. During the History of the Soviet Union, Soviet era, the city developed into a major centre for the production of iron, zi ...

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) is a retired Ukrainian

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. He was the main participant of the Russian version of the show '' The Bachelor-Kholostyak'' on the Russian TV channel

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Club career

Yevhen started out his football career in 1993 at local club Metalurh Kostiantynivka. The following year he was transferred to

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, one of the best football clubs in

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. Two seasons later, in 1996, Levchenko moved to a

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n club CSKA Moskva, from where he progressed to

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, and finally

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. In 1998, Yevhen joined

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, where he played for two years. He played for

again from the year 2000 until 2003, when he switched to

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. In 2005, Levchenko was transferred to another Dutch club,

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. He left FC Groningen at the end of the 2008–09 season on a free transfer, on 30 July 2009 FC Saturn Moscow Oblast signed the Ukrainian national player, he comes on a free transfer from

of the

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and signed a contract for 1.5 years. In 2010, Levchenko signed with Willem II on a free transfer. In 2011, Levchenko signed with A-League club

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on a 1-year deal. He scored his first goal for the club during an Asian Champions League playoff against Persipura Jayapura of Indonesia on 16 February 2012. On 25 March 2012, it was announced the club and player had mutually agreed to the termination of his contract. On 30 January 2014 he announced his retirement from professional football in order to pursue a degree in marketing. On 1 July 2019 he became the president of the Dutch trade union for professional footballers.

International career

In 2001 Levchenko has been called up to Ukraine national team, he was announced as a part of the squad for

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qualification. He made his debut for

in a qualification game against

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and has been capped a total of 8 times.

Personal life

In 2001 he became a naturalized Dutch citizen.

Bibliography

* Koppe, Iris ''Lev'', publishing house De Bezige Bij, (Dutch language), October 2015,

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