Oleg Litvinenko
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleg Litvinenko | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Taraz, Soviet Union | ||
| Date of death | 19 November 2007 (aged 33) | ||
| Place of death | Taraz, Kazakhstan | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Khimik Dzhambul | 13 | (1) |
| 1991 | Rus Volgograd | 13 | (2) |
| 1992 | Fosfor Jambyl | 29 | (11) |
| 1993 | FC Dinamo Almaty | 40 | (17) |
| 1994 | Taraz | 28 | (20) |
| 1995–1999 | Yelimay | 92 | (51) |
| 2000–2001 | Kairat | 31 | (15) |
| 2001 | Ermis Aradippou | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | Zhenis Astana | 10 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Yelimay | 50 | (24) |
| 2004 | Aktobe | 5 | (1) |
| 2005 | Alma-Ata | 22 | (7) |
| 2006 | Semey | 8 | (3) |
| 2007 | Taraz | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 351 | (154) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–2006 | Kazakhstan | 28 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2015 |
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Oleg Litvinenko (Russian: Олег Литвиненко) 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh International footballer from Taraz, who played as a forward.
In 1999, Litvinenko was banned from football for one-year, after playing for FC Irtysh Pavlodar in the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship whilst not being eligible.
During Litvinenko's time in the Kazakhstan Premier League, he has scored 147 goals, putting him as the all-time top scorer in the tournament, until Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev beat his record.
Litvinenko represented Kazakhstan 28 times between 1996 and 2006, whilst also representing the Kazakhstan U-23 10 times, scoring 9 times, during the 1996 Olympics Games Qualifiers.
Litvinenko died on 18 November 2007, four days short of his 34th birthday. Litvinenko was found hanging from a tree in an abandoned cemetery, the cause of death was ruled as a suicide.
Statistics accurate as of 5 November 2015
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