Konstantin Valeryevich Kovalenko (russian: Константин Валерьевич Коваленко; be, Канстанцін Валер'евіч Каваленка; born 2 February 1975) is a

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ian and

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n professional footballer who plays for resurrected

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. He also worked as a youth coach with FC Krasnodar in Russia.Interview with Pressball.by
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Career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1991 for FC Kuban Barannikovsky. He played 1 game in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup for

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. His brother

Andrei Kovalenko Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko (russian: Андрей Николаевич Коваленко; born June 7, 1970) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Aval ...

also played football professionally. On 27 October 2008 he punched referee Sergei Timofeyev in the face in the

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Honours

Spartak Moscow *

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champion: 1996.

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* 1975 births People from Rahachow Living people Soviet footballers Belarusian footballers Association football midfielders Belarus international footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Armavir players FC Kremin Kremenchuk players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Slavyansk Slavyansk-na-Kubani players Sportspeople from Gomel Region {{Belarus-footy-midfielder-stub