Illya Oleksandrovych Kovalenko ( uk, Ілля Олександрович Коваленко; born 20 March 1990) is a Ukrainian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a midfielder for LNZ Cherkasy.

Career

Kovalenko is a product of the

FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk FC Stal Kamianske ( uk, Сталь Кам'янське) was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. After being relegated to the Ukrainian First League after the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier Leag ...

academy. He became known during the

2016–17 Ukrainian First League The 2016–17 Ukrainian First League was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016, and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 Ju ...

season when he scored 12 goals playing for Obolon-Brovar Kyiv and Desna Chernihiv. In 2022 he moved to Akzhayik, where he got into the final of the Kazakhstan Cup in

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References

Honours

;Akzhayik * Kazakhstan Cup: Runner-up

;Inhulets Petrove * Ukrainian First League: 2019–20 * Ukrainian Cup Runner up 2018–19 ;Desna Chernihiv * Ukrainian First League: 2017–18

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