Aleksey Korol
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksey Korol | ||
| Date of birth | October 14, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiev, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Indiana University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Kalamazoo Kingdom | ||
| 2000–2001 | Dallas Burn | 39 | (7) |
| 2001 | → Atlanta Silverbacks (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | Chicago Fire | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 2 | (0) |
| 2002 | Indiana Blast | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 23 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 9 | (0) |
| 2004 | Charleston Battery | 12 | (0) |
| 2004 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 7 | (2) |
| 2007 | Rockford Thunder (indoor) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2008 | University of Illinois at Chicago (assistant) | ||
| 2009– | Indiana University (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Aleksey Korol (Ukrainian: Олексій Король; born 14 October 1977 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian soccer forward and coach who has spent most of his career in the United States.
Korol played both hockey and soccer growing up in Ukraine. However, he signed with Dynamo Kiev as a youth player. His family sent him to the United States when he was 14 where he settled in Livonia, New York. While playing for Livonia Central High School Korol scored 501?- that can't be right Jordan scored in the 160 range and he holds the record- goals, the all-time record for a player in Section V (greater Rochester area) of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Ironically Korol's record was later tied by Jordan Chirico of Livonia Central High. Korol lived with the Chirico family in Livonia.
In 1996, he enrolled at Indiana University. While at Indiana, he spent four seasons on the men's soccer team. He scored 57 goals and assisted on 35 during his career with the Hoosiers. In 1998 and 1999, he was part of the Indiana teams which took the NCAA championship titles. Both years he led the tournament in scoring (6 goals in 1998 and 4 in 1999). In 1999, Korol as selected as a first team All American and the SoccerAmerica Player of the Year. While with Indiana, Korol spent the 1997 collegiate off season with the Kalamazoo Kingdom of the USL Premier Development League.
The Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer selected Korol with the fifth pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. In his first year with the Burn, he scored five goals and assisted on three others. While with Dallas, he appeared in one game with the Atlanta Silverbacks.
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