| Viktor Leonenko | |
| Fullname: | Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko |
| Birth Date: | 1969 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tyumen, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Geolog Tyumen |
| Years1: | 1988–1991 |
| Clubs1: | Geolog Tyumen |
| Caps1: | 93 |
| Goals1: | 26 |
| Years2: | 1991–1992 |
| Clubs2: | Dynamo Moscow |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 14 |
| Years3: | 1992–1998 |
| Clubs3: | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Caps3: | 98 |
| Goals3: | 61 |
| Years4: | 1995–1998 |
| Caps4: | 45 |
| Goals4: | 11 |
| Years5: | 1997 |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1998–2000 |
| Clubs6: | CSKA Kyiv |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2001 |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Totalcaps: | 281 |
| Totalgoals: | 120 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1992–1996 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko (uk|Ві́ктор Євге́нович Лео́ненко; ru|Виктор Евгеньевич Леоненко; born 5 October 1969) is a former footballer and Ukraine international who played as a forward. At least since 2006 he is a football commentator and analyst for the televised football forum "3 time" at the Ukrainian TV-network ICTV.[1]
Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to Dynamo Kyiv in 1992, where he played until 1998.
A successful forward for Dynamo in the early to mid 1990s – Leonenko was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 1992, 1993, and 1994 – Leonenko was eventually forced to the bench with the emergence of the striker partnership of Serhii Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.
Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine national team soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Geolog Tyumen | 1988 | Soviet First League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | ||||
| 1990 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 12 | ||||
| 1991 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 93 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 26 | |||
| Dynamo Moscow | 1991 | Soviet Top League | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 | |
| 1992 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Total | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 14 | |||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1992 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1992–93 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | |||
| 1993–94 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 17 | |||
| 1994–95 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 20 | |||
| 1995–96 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||
| 1996–97 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |||
| 1997–98 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Total | 98 | 61 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 129 | 79 | |||
| CSKA Kyiv | 1998–99 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | |
| 1999–2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | |||
| Zakarpattia | 2000–01 | Ukrainian First League | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 9 | 2 | |||
| Total | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 236 | 109 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 286 | 130 | |||
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leonenko goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 May 1993 | Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 16 October 1993 | A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 2–1 | |||||
| 4 | 25 May 1994 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 13 August 1996 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | 1–1 | 5–2 | Friendly | |
| 6 | 3–1 |