Yevhen Valentynovych Lutsenko (born 10 November 1980) is a Ukrainian former professional

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who played as a

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, and now a manager, currently working in Fratria as youth coach and assistant.

Club career

Lutsenko began playing in the

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football school, before moving to Belgium to continue his training with R.S.C. Anderlecht. In 1999, he moved to the

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to play with

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. He helped the team finish second in his first year there. Swiss Super League 1999-00 In 2002, with the team relegated, he moved to play in the

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with

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. After a single season there he moved to another Russian club, Shinnik Yaroslav, before returning to Ukraine to join Chornomorets Odesa for the 2004–05 season. The following season he played 21 games and scored 1 goal, helping the team finish third in the league. After another season in

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he moved to

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in the winter transfer window of the 2006–07 season. He returned to Chornomorets Odesa on 8 August 2008.

International career

Lutsenko was capped by the Ukraine national team on two occasions.

References

External links

Official Website Profile

Profile and stats on Odesa Football site
* * Living people 1980 births Ukrainian men's footballers Footballers from Kyiv Men's association football midfielders Ukraine men's international footballers Swiss Super League players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players R.S.C. Anderlecht players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Zorya Luhansk players SC Tavriya Simferopol players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Lithuania Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub