Oleksandr Yakovenko (footballer)

Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko (Олександр Павлович Яковенко; born 23 June 1987) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a second striker.

Club career
He played for FC Metalist Kharkiv, and SK Lierse in the past. In the January Transfer window for the 2007-2008 season, he was loaned out to Anderlecht and made an immediate impact constantly being selected as a starter as well as scoring goals in the domestic league and the UEFA Cup. The following summer Anderlecht signed him on a four-year full-time contract.

After being loaned out for two seasons to Westerlo, Iakovenko chose to be loaned out to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in 2012.

In 2015 he joined ACF Fiorentina. In January 2014 he was loaned to Malaga CF.

Dynamo Kyiv
On 2 February 2016, Yakovenko signed a contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv until the end of the 2015/16 season with the option to extend it, signing as a free agent after terminating his contract with his former club Fiorentina. On 30 May it was announced that Dynamo had freed Yakovenko instead of signing a new contract. Whilst in Dynamo, he played in the 1/8 of the UEFA Champions League, who got knocked out 1-3 on aggregate against Manchester City, and won the Ukrainian Premier League which was also his first club title that he won as a player. He was released at the end of the 2015/16 season

Retirement
After failing to sign for the New York Red Bulls, Yakovenko retired at the age of 29.

Personal life
He is the older son of the former Ukrainian footballer and current coach Pavlo Yakovenko. His younger brother Yuriy Yakovenko is also footballer.

Club

 * Dynamo Kyiv
 * Ukrainian Premier League: 2015–16