Oleksandr Kovpak
Oleksandr Kovpak (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Ковпак; born 2 February 1983 in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian footballer.
 Kovpak in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovpak | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Smila, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2002 | Sports school (Smila) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 47 | (22) |
| 2005–2010 | Tavriya Simferopol | 142 | (41) |
| 2011–2013 | Arsenal Kyiv | 53 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | Sevastopol | 25 | (7) |
| 2014–2016 | Vorskla Poltava | 41 | (10) |
| 2016–2017 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | 18 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Poltava | 26 | (10) |
| 2018 | Desna Chernihiv | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | Arsenal Kyiv | 13 | (3) |
| 2019 | Chornomorets Odesa | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | LNZ-Lebedyn (amateur) | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Ukraine-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Ukraine | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:34, 4 February 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career
He moved to Tavriya in the winter of 2005 from Dnipro Cherkassy.
Kovpak become the top goalscorer of the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 with Tavriya, having netted 17 goals.
The head coach of Ukraine's national team Oleksiy Mykhailychenko called him into the Ukrainian squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifying games versus Croatia and Kazakhstan on 6 June 2009 and 10 June 2009 respectively, but he remained an unused substitute for these matches. He finally made his debut on 2 June 2013, in the 0:0 draw with Cameroon in a friendly match after coming on as a late replacement for Roman Zozulya.[1] With all three games, he spent on the pitch a total of 14–15 minutes.
During the winter break of the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season he transferred to Arsenal Kyiv.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 10 July 2011
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Super Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tavriya Simferopol | 2004–05 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 2005–06 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| 2006–07 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2007–08 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2008–09 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18 | |
| 2009–10 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13 | |
| 2010–11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |
| Arsenal Kyiv | 2010–11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 165 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 54 | |
References
- "Aleksandr Kovpak match log". soccerway.com. June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- "Александр Ковпак - игрок "Арсенала" (Oleksandr Kovpak - Arsenal player))" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
External links
- Profile on Official Tavriya website (in Russian)
- Oleksandr Kovpak at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksandr Kovpak at Soccerway