Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Kovpak (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Ковпак; born 2 February 1983 in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian footballer and current manager of LNZ Cherkasy.
 Kovpak in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovpak | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Smila, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LNZ Cherkasy (Manager) | ||
| 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 Cherkasy (amateur) | ? | (?) |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Ukraine-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Ukraine | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2022 | LNZ Cherkasy (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | LNZ Cherkasy | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
External links
- Profile on Official Tavriya website (in Russian)
- Oleksandr Kovpak at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksandr Kovpak at Soccerway