Oleksandr KovalenkoOleksandr Kovalenko was a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

  professional football player and later a football referee.

Career

Kovalenko made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League

The Ukrainian Second League is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine. The league is lower than the Ukrainian First League and the lowest level of professional football competitions in the country. Druha Liha is the third level of...

 in 1993 for FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka

FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk

FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk is a former Ukrainian football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club used to feature regularly in the Ukrainian First Division, being a team from the Shakhtar Donetsk franchise...

. After his initial professional stint he played for different Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

 clubs.

Kovalenko played four matches for the Ukraine national under-21 football team

Ukraine national under-21 football team

The Ukraine national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.After Ukrainian Independence in 1991, the Ukraine senior team played their first match in April 1992...

 in 1997.

After retiring as a footballer, Kovalenko worked as a football referee.

Death

On 21 December 2010, Kovalenko committed suicide by jumping from his apartment.