Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko ( uk, Павло Олександрович Яковенко) – or Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko (russian: Павел Александрович Яковенко; born 19 December 1964 in Nikopol,

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), is a former Ukrainian footballer and

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international.

Personal life

He is the father of the Ukrainian footballers Oleksandr Yakovenko and

Yuriy Yakovenko Yuriy Yakovenko ( ua, Юрій Павлович Яковенко; born 3 September 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Yakovenko is product of youth team systems of FC Arsenal Kyiv, but in July 2010 tran ...

Playing career

Yakovenko's superb build-up play during the mid-1980s made him the starting midfielder for both

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and the

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during their respective successful campaigns of winning the

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and advancing to the top 16 in the

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. However, recurrent injuries had limited Yakovenko's playing time after 1987 and Yakovenko never returned to his earlier form, becoming a bench player at best. In 1983 Yakovenko took part in the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in the team of Ukrainian SSR.

International

International goals

Coaching career

He is a trusted Ukrainian coach who headed the Ukraine under-21 team on several occasions as well as other teams representing the country on the international arena. Yakovenko also coached several teams from the southern regions of the neighbouring

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such as Kuban Krasnodar and

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Ballon d'Or

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– 21st

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yakovenko, Pavel 1964 births Living people People from Nikopol, Ukraine Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukrainian football managers FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in France Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ligue 1 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players FC Elektrometalurh Nikopol managers FC Elista managers FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil managers FC Khimki managers FC Kuban Krasnodar managers FC Rostov managers Ukrainian First League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Russian First League managers Russian Premier League managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate football managers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France Ukraine national under-21 football team managers FC Obolon Kyiv managers Association football midfielders Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast