Dmitri Vladimirovich Kovalenko (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Коваленко; born 2 August 1982) is a former

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n professional

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er.

Club career

He made his

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debut for

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on 28 March 2004 in a game against

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* * 1982 births Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Olimpia Volgograd players FC Krasnodar players FC Petrotrest players FC Karelia players {{Russia-footy-defender-1980s-stub