Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Kovpak (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Ковпак; born 2 February 1983) is a retired Ukrainian footballer and current manager.
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 UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksandr Kovpak at Soccerway
- Oleksandr Kovpak at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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