Yuriy Yakovenko ( ua, Юрій Павлович Яковенко; born 3 September 1993) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Yakovenko is product of youth team systems of

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, but in July 2010 transferred to other Kyivan club Obolon. He made his debut for

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entering as a substituted player in game against

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on 31 October 2011 in

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. On 27 July 2017, Yakovenko signed with Danish club

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. On 9 July 2021 Esbjerg confirmed, that Yakovenko, alongside three teammates, had been removed from the first team and sent down to train with the U19s. It came in the wake of a riot between players from the squad and the club's new coach,

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. According to Danish media, the squad was very dissatisfied with the coach's methods, describing it as Hyballa was ''... photographing players in underpants, punching the players, shaming them in front of their teammates, verbal torture and a training program so hard that the injuries was rolling in''. After Hyballa decided to resign, Yakovenko was promoted to the first team squad again in mid-August. He left the club as a free agent as his contract expired in December 2021. Yakovenko signed a one-year contract with recently promoted

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club

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on 24 February 2022.

Personal life

He is the younger son of the former Ukrainian footballer and current coach

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

. His older brother Oleksandr Yakovenko is also a footballer.

References

External links

Profile at FFU Official Site
(Ukr) 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Montbéliard Ukrainian footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Association football forwards FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv players FC Obolon-2 Kyiv players AC Ajaccio players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players Esbjerg fB players Hamarkameratene players Ligue 1 players Ukrainian Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Eliteserien players Footballers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Norway Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Ukraine youth international footballers {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1990s-stub