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Yuriy Yakovenko

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Yuriy Yakovenko
Yakovenko in 2011
Personal information
Full name Yuriy Pavlovych Yakovenko
Date of birth (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Montbéliard, France
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2007–2010 Arsenal Kyiv
2010–2011 Obolon Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Obolon Kyiv 15 (1)
2012 → Obolon-2 Kyiv 8 (1)
2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 (0)
2013–2014 Ajaccio 2 (0)
2014–2015 Anorthosis Famagusta 12 (4)
2017–2021 Esbjerg 96 (20)
2022 HamKam 12 (1)
International career‡
2008–2009 Ukraine U16 15 (3)
2009–2010 Ukraine U17 11 (1)
2010 Ukraine U18 3 (0)
2011–2012 Ukraine U19 8 (0)
2012–2013 Ukraine U21 9 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 September 2022
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Pavlovych and the family name is Yakovenko.

Yuriy Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Павлович Яковенко; born 3 September 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Career

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Yakovenko is product of youth team systems of FC Arsenal Kyiv, but in July 2010 transferred to other Kyivan club Obolon. He made his debut for FC Obolon Kyiv entering as a substituted player in game against FC Chornomorets Odesa on 31 October 2011 in Ukrainian Premier League.[1]

On 27 July 2017, Yakovenko signed with Danish club Esbjerg FB.[2] On 9 July 2021 Esbjerg confirmed, that Yakovenko, alongside three teammates, had been removed from the first team and sent down to train with the U19s.[3] It came in the wake of a riot between players from the squad and the club's new coach, Peter Hyballa. According to Danish media, the squad was very dissatisfied with the coach's methods, describing it as Hyballa was ... photographing players in underpants, punching the players, shaming them in front of their teammates, verbal torture and a training program so hard that the injuries was rolling in.[4] After Hyballa decided to resign, Yakovenko was promoted to the first team squad again in mid-August.[5] He left the club as a free agent as his contract expired in December 2021.[6]

Yakovenko signed a one-year contract with recently promoted Eliteserien club HamKam on 24 February 2022.[7]

Personal life

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He is the younger son of the former Ukrainian footballer and current coach Pavlo Yakovenko. His older brother Oleksandr Yakovenko is also a footballer.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Оболонь" – "Чорноморець" 0:1. Футбол неважної якості (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 31 October 2011.
  2. ^ Esbjerg henter ukrainsk angriber, bold.dk, 26 July 2017
  3. ^ Nyt om truppen, efb.dk, 9 July 2021
  4. ^ Spillere i oprør efter træner-terror i Esbjerg, ekstrabladet.dk, 9 July 2021
  5. ^ EfB-duo er tilbage i truppen: En frisk start, bold.dk, 16 August 2021
  6. ^ "Rasmussen og Yakovenko stopper i EfB - efb.dk". efb.dk (in Danish). 16 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Yuriy Yakovenko har signert". HamKam (in Norwegian). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. ^ Олександр Яковенко: Я був присутнім на пологах свого сина (in Ukrainian). gold-football.at.ua. 7 October 2010.
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