Serhiy Kovalenko

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

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