Pavlo Yakovenko

Pavlo Yakovenko

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Personal information
Full name	Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko
Date of birth	(1964-12-19) 19 December 1964
Place of birth	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1982	Metalist Kharkiv	2	(0)
1982–1993	Dynamo Kyiv	161	(5)
1993–1994	FC Sochaux	6	(1)
International career
1986–1990	USSR	19	(1)
1983	Ukrainian SSR
Managerial career
1994–1995	FC Metalurh Nikopol
1996–1997	Uralan Elista
1999	Uralan Elista
1999	Amatory (UEFA Regions Cup)
2000–2002	FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil
2000–2004	Ukraine U-19 (juniors)
2002–2004	Ukraine U-21
2004–2005	FC Khimki
2005–2007	FC Kuban Krasnodar
2007–2008	FC Rostov
2008–2012	Ukraine U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Yakovenko.

Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Павло Олександрович Яковенко) – or Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko (Russian: Павел Александрович Яковенко; born 19 December 1964 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR), is a former Ukrainian footballer and USSR international.

Personal life

He is the father of the Ukrainian footballers Oleksandr Yakovenko and Yuriy Yakovenko.

Playing career

Yakovenko's superb build-up play during the mid-1980s made him the starting midfielder for both Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national football team during their respective successful campaigns of winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and advancing to the top 16 in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. However, recurrent injuries had limited Yakovenko's playing time after 1987 and Yakovenko never returned to his earlier form, becoming a bench player at best.

In 1983 Yakovenko took part in the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in the team of Ukrainian SSR.

International

As of 19 June 2012

USR national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1986	7	1
1987	7	0
1988	4	0
1990	1	0

International goals

As of 19 June 2012

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 1986	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato, Mexico	Hungary	1-0	6-0	1986 FIFA World Cup

Coaching career

He is a trusted Ukrainian coach who headed the Ukraine U-21 on several occasions as well as other teams representing the country on the international arena. Yakovenko also coached several teams from the southern regions of the neighborging Russian Federation such as Kuban Krasnodar and FC Rostov.

Ballon d'Or

• 1986 – 21st