Serhiy Kovalenko
# Serhiy Kovalenko

Serhiy Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Коваленко; born 10 May 1984) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.

## Career

### Early career

Serhiy Kovalenko started his youth career at Yunist Chernihiv. Then he moved to Russia to play for the youth squads of Dynamo Moscow and Sportakademklub Moscow.

### Juventus

Kovalenko moved to Juventus youth team in 2001. He was offered a contract after a trial along with Ilyos Zeytulayev and Viktor Budyanskiy. In February 2002, he joined Juve permanently. The Turin club paid US$400,000 (about €454,000) to buy Kovalenko and Zeytulayev's image and registration rights from Sportakademklub Moscow.

**Loan to Lodigiani**

In January 2004, he was loaned to Lodigiani.

### Standard Liège

Kovalenko joined Standard Liège in August 2004. Juve received €5,000 for the player.

**Loan to Lokeren**

He then joined Lokeren in January 2007.

### Roeselare

In August 2007 he signed a two-year contract with Roeselare. In March 2008 he terminated his contract with Roeselare.

### Volyn Lutsk

Kovalenko returned to Ukraine to play for Volyn Lutsk on 12 August 2008.

### Torpedo Zhodino

In March 2009, he was signed by Torpedo Zhodino of Belarus.

## Honours

### Naftan Novopolotsk

* Belarusian Cup: 2012
