{{short description|Kazakhstani footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Oleg Litvinenko | image = | fullname = Oleg Litvinenko | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1973|11|23}} | birth_place = Taraz, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|11|19|1973|11|23}} | death_place = Taraz, Kazakhstan | height = {{height|m=1.69|precision=0}} | position = Forward | youthclubs1 = | youthyears1 = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1990–1991 | clubs1 = Khimik Dzhambul | caps1 = 13 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1991 | clubs2 = Rus Volgograd | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1992 | clubs3 = Fosfor Jambyl | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 11 | years4 = 1993 | clubs4 = FC Dinamo Almaty | caps4 = 40 | goals4 = 17 | years5 = 1994 | clubs5 = Taraz | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 20 | years6 = 1995–1999 | clubs6 = Yelimay | caps6 = 92 | goals6 = 51 | years7 = 2000–2001 | clubs7 = Kairat | caps7 = 31 | goals7 = 15 | years8 = 2001 | clubs8 = Ermis Aradippou | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2002 | clubs9 = Zhenis Astana | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2002–2003 | clubs10 = Yelimay | caps10 = 50 | goals10 = 24 | years11 = 2004 | clubs11 = Aktobe | caps11 = 5 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2005 | clubs12 = Alma-Ata | caps12 = 22 | goals12 = 7 | years13 = 2006 | clubs13 = Semey | caps13 = 8 | goals13 = 3 | years14 = 2007 | clubs14 = Taraz | caps14 = 4 | goals14 = 1 | totalcaps = 351 | totalgoals = 154 | nationalyears1 = 1996–2006 | nationalteam1 = Kazakhstan | nationalcaps1 = 28 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | pcupdate = 5 November 2015 | ntupdate = 5 November 2015 }}
'''Oleg Litvinenko''' ({{langx|ru|Олег Литвиненко}}; 23 November 1973 – 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh international footballer from Taraz, who played as a forward.
==Career==
===Club=== In 1998, 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.<ref name=Litvinenko>{{cite web|title=УШЕЛ БОМБАРДИР|url=http://www.kaz-football.kz/fame/litvinenko.shtml|website=kaz-football.kz/|publisher=kaz-football.kz|access-date=5 November 2015|language=ru|date=23 November 2007}}</ref>
During Litvinenko's time in the Kazakhstan Premier League, he scored 147 goals, becoming the all-time top scorer in the tournament, until Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev beat his record.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Lyakhov|title=ЛУЧШИЕ БОМБАРДИРЫ ЧЕМПИОНАТОВ КАЗАХСТАНА. 1992-2007|url=http://lyakhov.kz/football/sum_goal.shtml|language=kk|access-date=2009-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601183959/http://lyakhov.kz/football/sum_goal.shtml|archive-date=1 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===International=== Litvinenko represented Kazakhstan 28 times between 1996 and 2006, whilst also representing the Kazakhstan U-23 10 times, scoring 9 times, during the 1996 Olympic Games Qualifiers.<ref name=Litvinenko/>
==Death== Litvinenko died on 18 November 2007, four days short of his 34th birthday. His body was found hanging from a tree in an abandoned cemetery. The cause of death was ruled as suicide.<ref name=Litvinenko/>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Khimik Dzhambul |1990 |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Soviet Second League |2||0|| || ||-||-||-||-||2||0 |- |1991 |11||1|| || ||-||-||-||-||1||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!1!! !! !!-!!-!!-!!-!!13!!1 |- |valign="center"|Rus Volgograd |1991 |Soviet Second League B |13||2|| || ||-||-||-||-||13||2 |- |valign="center"|Fosfor Jambyl |1992 |Top Division |29||11|| || ||-||-||-||-||29||11 |- |valign="center"|FC Dinamo Almaty |1993 |Top Division |40||17|| || ||-||-||-||-||40||17 |- |valign="center"|Taraz |1994 |Top Division |28||20|| || ||-||-||-||-||28||20 |- |rowspan="6" valign="center"|Yelimay |1995 |rowspan="5" valign="center"|Top Division |26||9|| || ||-||-||-||-||26||9 |- |1996 |26||11|| || || || ||-||-||26||11 |- |1997 |17||8|| || ||-||-||-||-||17||8 |- |1998 |23||23|| || ||-||-||-||-||23||23 |- |1999 |colspan="10"|banned |- !colspan="2"|Total !92!!51!! !! !! !! !!-!!-!!92!!51 |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Kairat |2000 |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Top Division |23||13|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||13 |- |2001 |8||2|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!15!! !! !!-!!-!!-!!-!!31!!15 |- |valign="center"|Ermis Aradippou |2000–01 |Cypriot First Division |6||0|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0 |- |valign="center"|Zhenis Astana |2002 |Super League |10||1|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||1 |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Yelimay |2002 |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Super League |21||11|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||11 |- |2003 |29||13|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !50!!24!! !! !!-!!-!!-!!-!!50!!24 |- |valign="center"|Aktobe |2004 |Super League |5||1|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||1 |- |valign="center"|Alma-Ata |2005 |Super League |22||7|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||7 |- |valign="center"|Semey |2006 |Kazakhstan First Division |8||3|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||3 |- |valign="center"|Taraz |2007 |Super League |4||1|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !351!!154!! !! !! !! !!-!!-!!351!!154 |}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|Kazakhstan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1996||1||0 |- |1997||5||0 |- |1998||0||0 |- |1999||0||0 |- |2000||7||1 |- |2001||5||4 |- |2002||1||1 |- |2003||1||0 |- |2004||0||0 |- |2005||5||0 |- |2006||3||0 |- !Total||28||6 |} ''Statistics accurate as of 5 November 2015''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3521.html |title=Oleg Litvinenko |website=National-Football-Teams.com |access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>
=== International goals === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- |1.||6 April 2000||Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar ||{{fb|PLE}}||'''2'''-0||2–0||2000 AFC ACQ |- |2.||rowspan="2"|12 April 2001||rowspan="2"|Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq ||rowspan="2"|{{fb|NEP}}||'''1'''–0||rowspan="2"|6–0||rowspan="2"|2002 WC qualification |- |3.||'''3'''–0 |- |4.||14 April 2001||Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq ||{{fb|MAC}}||'''2'''–0||3–0|||2002 WC qualification |- |5.||25 April 2001||Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan ||{{fb|IRQ|1991}} ||'''1'''–0||1–1|||2002 WC qualification |- |6.||7 July 2002||Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan ||{{fb|EST}}||'''1'''–0||1–1|||Friendly |- | colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 22 May 2016''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24315|title=Oleg Litvinenko - national football team player|work=eu-football.info}}</ref></small> |- |}
==Honours==
===Club=== ;Yelimay * Kazakhstan Top Division (2): 1995, 1998 * Kazakhstan Cup: 1995 ;Kairat * Kazakhstan Cup: 1999–00, 2001
===Individual=== * 2005 GOAL Journal "Best Player of the year" * Kazakhstan Top scorer: 1994, 1998
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123123323/http://sbornaya.kz/photo/?album=30 Photos] at National Team website * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021104923/http://sbornaya.kz/players/profile/?id=444 Profile] at National Team website {{Navboxes colour | bg = gold | fg = navy | title = Awards | list1 = {{Kazakhstan Premier League top scorers}} {{Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year}} }}
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