Viktor Levada (born 12 June 1959) is a Ukrainian businessman and sports executive. He is best known for being the founder and owner of Estonian football club FCI Levadia. Viktor Levada was born in

Oleksandriia Oleksandriia (, ) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion and . Oleksandriia is located within the Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area. In 2001, it had a population of 93,357, a ...

and graduated from Odesa National Maritime University, before moving to

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

in 1982. In 1991, Levada founded

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and

steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...

sales company Levadia OÜ, which over the years became one of the largest companies in the Baltic States. In 1998, Levadia OÜ became the sponsor of Estonian second division football club FK Olümpia Maardu, after a local coach had asked Levada for financial support to buy football boots and uniforms for Maardu's youth players. On 22 October 1998, Levada founded

FC Levadia Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional Association football , football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league sy ...

on the basis of the Maardu club.

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