 Kovalenko withShakhtar Donetsk in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Kherson, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2021 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 130 | (23) |
| 2021–2024 | Atalanta | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | →Spezia (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | →Spezia (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | →Empoli (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2025 | Empoli | 6 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Aris LImassol | 6 | (0) |
| 2026- | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Ukraine U16 | 13 | (4) |
| 2010–2013 | Ukraine U17 | 20 | (11) |
| 2013–2015 | Ukraine U19 | 20 | (5) |
| 2015 | Ukraine U20 | 5 | (5) |
| 2015–2018 | Ukraine U21 | 13 | (6) |
| 2016– | Ukraine | 33 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:03, 29 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 November 2021 | |||
Viktor Viktorovych Kovalenko (Ukrainian:Ві́ктор Ві́кторович Ковале́нко; born 14 February 1996) is a Ukrainian professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forOlympiakos Nicosia and theUkraine national team.
Kovalenko is product of youth team ofShakhtar Donetsk.[2] He made his début in theUkrainian Premier League for Shakhtar in the game againstVorskla Poltava on 28 February 2015.[3] On 9 May 2015, he made his first direct contribution for the first team when assisting the fifth and sixth goals for Shakhtar in a 7–3 win overHoverla Uzhhorod.
On 20 February 2020, Kovalenko scored the winning goal in Shakhtar's 2–1 win againstBenfica in the first leg of theirEuropa League Round of 32 clash.[4]
On 17 October 2020, Kovalenko scored twice in the first 18 minutes of Shakhtar's 5–1 hammering ofFC Lviv in theUkrainian Premier League.[5]
On 1 February 2021, with less than six months remaining in his contract with Shakhtar, Kovalenko signed a four-and-a-half-year deal withSerie A clubAtalanta for a reported fee of €700,000.[6] He made his debut for the club on 21 March, as an 87th-minute substitute for fellow countrymanRuslan Malinovskyi in a Serie A 2–0 win atVerona.[7]
On 8 August 2021, Kovalenko joined fellow Serie A sideSpezia on aseason-long loan.[8]
On 2 August 2022, he returned to Spezia on another loan, with Spezia holding an obligation to buy if the club avoids relegation.[9]
Kovalenko was released from his contract by Atalanta in August 2024 at the end of the summer transfer window.[10]
On 11 February 2025, Kovalenko signed forEmpoli on a free transfer after being released.[11]
In September 2025 Kovalenko moved toCypriot First Division clubAris LImassol on a two-year contract.[12]
In February 2026 he moved toOlympiakos Nicosia.
Kovalenko was called up byUkraine to play in the2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored two goals in a 6–0 victory overMyanmar[13] and added ahat-trick against theUnited States to secure 3–0 win atNorth Harbour Stadium inAuckland, as the team reached the round of 16.[14] He won the Golden Boot of the2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with five goals.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15[a] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 4 | |
| 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10 | |
| 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[e] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | 130 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 32 | ||
| Atalanta | 2020–21 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| Empoli (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Empoli | 2024–25 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 199 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 273 | 36 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 0 | |
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