Serhiy Levchenko

Serhiy Levchenko

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Mykolayovych Levchenko
Date of birth	(1981-01-03)3 January 1981
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	16 June 2007(2007-06-16) (aged 26)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Sports School Zmina Kyiv
1996–1999	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	16	(4)
2002–2004	Nafkom-Akademia Irpin	72	(49)
2004–2005	Metalurh Zaporizhia	4	(0)
2006	Spartak Sumy	10	(0)
2007	Nafkom Brovary	10	(8)
International career
2003	Ukraine U-21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serhiy Levchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Левченко; 3 January 1981 – 16 June 2007) was a professional Ukrainian football forward.

Career

In 2001 FC Nafkom-Akademia Irpin paid 100,000 DM to Borussia Mönchengladbach for Levchenko.[1]

On 10 February 2003 he played one game against Egyptian youth team.

On 16 June 2007 Levchenko got killed in a car accident. On the Paton Bridge he was driving at high speeds on his Lexus and after losing control over it, Levchenko ran onto an oncoming traffic and hit a truck. He was survived by his wife and daughter.

References

1. Valerko, A. Our Football Team (НАша Футбольная КОМанда). Football.ua. 27 October 2011

External links

• Serhiy Levchenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Serhiy Levchenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)