Vladimir Valeryevich Leonchenko (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Леонченко; born 11 April 1972) is a Russian professional

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executive and a former player. He works as the general director (CEO) of

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

Playing career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1992 for FC Dynamo-d Moscow.

Post-playing career

He headed the Russian Professional Football Players and Coaches Union.Леонченко: надеюсь, ситуация с правами игроков улучшится
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Honours

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

bronze: 1994.

European club competitions

UEFA Cup 1996–97 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs Ass ...

with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 4 games, 1 own goal. *

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998 The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Valencia, Werder Bremen, and Bologna. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. The 1998 tournament saw Spanish clubs debut in the competition and also the return of English clubs, since the controve ...

with

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

: 4 games, 1 goal. *

UEFA Cup 2000–01 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with

FC Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pr ...

: 1 game. *

UEFA Cup 2001–02 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...

with FC Torpedo Moscow: 2 games. *

UEFA Cup 2003–04 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...

with FC Torpedo Moscow: 5 games, 1 goal.

References

1972 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian footballers FC Dynamo Moscow reserves players FC Rostov players Russian Premier League players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Torpedo-2 players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Amkar Perm players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Akhmat Grozny players Association football midfielders Association football defenders {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub