Oleksandr Yatsenko
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Oleksandr Ivanovych Yatsenko ( uk, Олександр Іванович Яценко; born 24 February 1985) is a
Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...
former
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player. He currently works at Helios Kharkiv youth academy. He played as a defender.


Club career

Yatsenko is a product of the
Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...
youth system, and has featured 10 times for their senior team. He went on loan twice; first to
Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...
for the spring half of the 2006–07 season. In July 2007 he signed a three-year contract with
FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...
.


International career

He has represented
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
at all levels. He was a semi-finalist at the
2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship The 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Switzerland from 13 to 24 July 2004. Players born after 1 January 1985 can participate in this competition. The tournament was won by Spain, who beat Turkey in the final. It also served as t ...
, and played in the
2005 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. Venues Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA Worl ...
. He captained his team to a silver medal at the
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was w ...
. Yatsenko was called up to the
2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
squad as a replacement for the injured players
Serhiy Fedorov Serhiy Vladyslavovych Fedorov ( uk, Сергій Владиславович Федоров, born 18 February 1975 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He started off as a central defender, but mostly plays as a right ba ...
and
Vyacheslav Shevchuk Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk ( uk, В'ячеслав Анатолійович Шевчу́к, born 13 May 1979) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and manager, mainly known for his time as a player of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He wa ...
. He currently has one cap for the senior
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, in a 1–0 friendly win over
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on 12 October 2005. Yatsenko was awarded the Order For Courage by President
Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...
for his participation in the
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finals in
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.


See also

* 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#Ukraine


Honours

;Ukraine under-21 *
UEFA Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...
: runner-up
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yatsenko, Oleksandr 1985 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Ukrainian footballers Association football defenders Ukraine international footballers Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belarus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players FC Kharkiv players FC Dnipro players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Mariupol players FC Belshina Bobruisk players FC Helios Kharkiv players FC Solli Plyus Kharkiv players FC Viktoriya Mykolaivka players