Victor Aleksandrovich Karpenko (russian: Виктор Александрович Карпенко; born 7 September 1977) is a retired
Uzbekistani professional
football
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midfielder, and current coach of
FC Bunyodkor.
Career
Club
Karpenko began his playing career with
FK Buxoro in 1997, before moving to
Qizilqum Zarafshon
Qizilqum Zarafshon ( uz, Qizilqum Zarafshon futbol klubi, Қизилқум Зарафшон футбол клуби), is an Uzbek professional football club based in Zarafshon. They play in the Uzbekistan Super League. Club is named after the b ...
in 1999.
Bunyodkor
Before joining
Bunyodkor in 2007, Karpenko played for several Russian football clubs and in 2005-06 played for
FC Kairat. He became one of the leading players and captain of Bunyodkor. Karpenko won 4 championship titles and 3
Uzbek Cups. In 5 seasons he appeared in 202 matches and scored 38 goals for Bunyodkor.
Lokomotiv Tashkent
On 26 January 2013 he signed a contract with
Lokomotiv Tashkent.
International
Karpenko made his debut in a friendly against Belarus on 2 April 2003. Since his debut in 2003 Karpenko has been capped in
61 matches and has scored 4 goals for the full
Uzbekistan national football team; this includes seven qualifying matches for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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and seven qualifying matches for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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. On 29 May 2014 he played his farewell match for the national team in a friendly against
Oman.
Coaching
After retiring from football Karpenko became a coach at
FC Bunyodkor.
Honours
Club
;Bunyodkor
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Uzbek League (4): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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Uzbek Cup (3): 2008, 2010, 2012
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AFC Champions League
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semi-finals (2): 2008, 2012
;Lokomotiv
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Uzbek Cup (1):
2014
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Uzbek League runner-up (1): 2013
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
Uzbekistani people of Ukrainian descent
People from Bukhara
Uzbekistani footballers
Uzbekistan international footballers
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
Russian Premier League players
Uzbekistani expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
FC Kairat players
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
Sportspeople from Tashkent
FC Bunyodkor players
FC Sokol Saratov players
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
2007 AFC Asian Cup players
2011 AFC Asian Cup players
Buxoro FK players
Association football midfielders
Uzbekistan Super League players
FC Chita players
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