| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiev, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | ||
| 2001–2005 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2007 | Dynamo Kyiv | 10 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Kharkiv (loan) | 37 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Chornomorets Odessa | 36 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Illichivets Mariupol | 27 | (1) |
| 2012 | Belshina Bobruisk | 28 | (1) |
| 2013 | Helios Kharkiv | 19 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2002 | Ukraine-17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | Ukraine-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Ukraine-21 | 33 | (4) |
| 2005 | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | Helios Kharkiv (youth academy) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Oleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Вікторович Яценко; born 24 February 1985 in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian football player. He currently worked Helios Kharkiv youth academy. He played as a defender in the sweeper position.
Yatsenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth system, and has featured 10 times for their senior team. He went on loan twice; first to Kharkiv in 2005, and in 2007 to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for the spring half of the 2006–07 season. In July 2007 he signed a three-year contract with FC Chornomorets Odessa.
He has represented Ukraine at all levels. He was a semi-finalist at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, and played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He captained his team to a silver medal at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Yatsenko was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Ukraine squad as a replacement for the injured players Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk.