Petro Kovalchuk (; born 28 May 1984) is a Ukrainian former

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defender.

Career

Club

In July 2007, Kovalchuk joined

Kryvbas :''Kryvbas'' ''may also refer to the FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the football team in Kryvyi Rih. See also Kryvbas (disambiguation)'' Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin (; ), commonly known by the portmanteau Kryvbas (; ), is an important economic and histor ...

from Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk. Kovalchuk also played then for Dniester Ovidiopol and

FC Lviv FC Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. The history of the club is very controversial and was interrupted on numerous occasions. The first club under such name entered professional competitions back in 199 ...

. On 1 February 2011, Kovalchuk signed a 1.5-year deal with Chornomorets. In March 2015, Kovalchuk moved to Tajikistan, signing for

Tajikistan Higher League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston or Tajikistan Higher League (; ) is the top division of professional association football, football in Tajikistan. It is part of the Tajikistan Football League Organization and Tajikistan Football Federation. It was fou ...

Champions

FC Istiklol Football Club Istiklol () is a Tajik professional football club owned by Maldivian Conglomerate Maziya. Founded in 2007, the club competes in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top flight of Tajik football league system. It was founded to commemo ...

, leaving the club after his contract expired in January 2017. In January 2017 he signed a contract with Maldivian football

Club Green Streets Club Green Streets is a professional football club based in Malé, Maldives that competes in the Dhivehi Premier League, the top flight of Maldivian football. The club was founded in 2010, starting in the third division, and earned promotion to ...

, along with another two Ukrainian footballers. He made his debut for CGS in a match against

Victory Sports Club Victory Sports Club is a Maldivian sports club based in Malé, founded 3 July 1971. Victory is one of the most successful football clubs in Maldives, winning a record 21 national championships. They have also won the Dhivehi Premier League tw ...

on 25 February 2017.

Career statistics

Club

Honors

;Istiklol *

(2):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Tajikistan Cup The Jomi Tojikiston (; ), or Tajikistan Cup, is the top knockout football tournament of Tajikistan. Tajikistan Cup was established in 1992. Now 1xbet is the sponsor and the sponsored name for the cup is 1xbet Çomi Toçikiston. The Cup winner qual ...

(2):

* Tajik Supercup (2): 2015, 2016

References

External links

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Official Website Profile

* 1984 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players FC Nika Ivano-Frankivsk players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Lviv players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Slutsk players FC Istiklol players Club Green Streets players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Tajikistan Expatriate men's footballers in the Maldives Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Tajikistan Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1998) players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Tajikistan Higher League players Footballers from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Dhivehi Premier League players 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1980s-stub