Yevhen Kovalenko (; born 11 August 1992) is a Ukrainian

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who plays for Slavoj Trebišov in 2. Liga (Slovakia).

Career

Kovalenko is a product of the youth team system of

FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...

. He played for FC Metalurh in the

Ukrainian Premier League Reserves The Ukrainian Premier League youth competitions is a complex of youth competitions within the Ukrainian Premier League and is part of youth competitions in Ukraine. The events include championship among two age categories under 19 and under 21 years ...

and then in the

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

sides

FC Poltava FC Poltava () was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Poltava in 2007–2018. History The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006–2010) who was the club's Honorary President ...

and

MFK Mykolaiv MFС Mykolaiv (''Municipal Football Club "Mykolaiv"'', ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Mykolaiv. It is one of the oldest football clubs that exists in Ukraine. Originally was established as a football team of the Black Sea Shipyard, s ...

. In January 2016 he signed a contract with Georgian

FC Zugdidi FC Dinamo Zugdidi is a defunct Georgian football club based in Zugdidi. In 2023, after being accused of match-fixing and expelled from the Erovnuli Liga 2 the previous season, the club took part in Liga 4 and stopped functioning following their r ...

from the

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top division of professional top tier football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federati ...

. After playing back in Ukraine with Kremin Kremenchuk, Kovalenko moved again abroad in summer 2018, this time to Serbia to play with

OFK Žarkovo OFK Žarkovo () is a football club based in Žarkovo, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade First League, the fifth tier of the national league system. History In 2010, the club won first place in the Belgrade Zone League and took promo ...

. In summer 2018 he moved abroad again, and signed with

Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

. After one season at Serbian second level, in following summer he signed with

FK Rad FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...

playing in the

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.Yevgeni Kovalenko
at srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 2-11-2019

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* 1992 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players FC Poltava players MFC Mykolaiv players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Dinamo Zugdidi players FC Kramatorsk players Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) OFK Žarkovo players Serbian First League players FK Rad players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Men's association football midfielders OFK Grbalj players Footballers from Zaporizhzhia FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub