{{short description|Ukrainian footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Anatoliyovych|Butenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Roman Butenko | image = | fullname = Roman Anatoliyovych Butenko | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1980|03|30}} | birth_place = Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|11|30|1980|03|30}} | height = 1.73 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = –1996 | youthclubs1 = KhDVUFK-1 | years1 = 1996–2000 | clubs1 = Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | caps1 = 111 | goals1 = 9 | years2 = 2000 | clubs2 = Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2001 | clubs3 = Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2001 | clubs4 = Polissya Zhytomyr | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = VAVK Volodymyrivka | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2003–2004 | clubs6 = Arsenal Kharkiv | caps6 = 52 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2003 | clubs7 = → Helios Kharkiv (loan) | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2006 | clubs8 = Lokomotyv Dvorichna | caps8 = 3 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2007 | clubs9 = Banants | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2007 | clubs10 = Tytan Donetsk | caps10 = 9 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2008–2009 | clubs11 = Metalist Kharkiv | caps11 = 1 | goals11 = 0 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Roman Anatoliyovych Butenko''' ({{langx|uk|Роман Анатолійович Бутенко}}; 30 March 1980 – 30 November 2012) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Career== ===Polissya Zhytomyr=== In 2001, Butenko moved to the Ukrainian First League club Polissya Zhytomyr.
===Metalist Kharkiv=== In January 2008, Butenko moved to Metalist Kharkiv. He played initially for the reserves squad, but was promoted by head coach Myron Markevych to the senior squad in the beginning of the 2008–09 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arsenal.kharkov.ua%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D1376|title = Web Translator}}</ref> Butenko played 1 match for Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.
==Personal life== On 30 November 2012, Butenko died in a car accident.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.kharkov.ua/news.php?id=1376 |title=Погиб воспитанник харьковского футбола |publisher=FC Arsenal Kharkiv |language=ru |accessdate=1 July 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111007/http://www.arsenal.kharkov.ua/news.php?id=1376 |archivedate=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.metallist.kharkov.ua/tournament/showplayer/1/793/100/ Official Website Profile] *[http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ukraine/2008-2009/upl/metkhark.htm Profile on FootballSquads] * {{FFU}} * {{Footballfacts.ru|160036}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Butenko, Roman}} Category:1980 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Footballers from Donetsk Category:Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 alumni Category:Road incident deaths in Ukraine Category:Ukrainian men's footballers Category:FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players Category:FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk players Category:FC Oleksandriya players Category:FC Polissya Zhytomyr players Category:FC Arsenal Kharkiv players Category:FC Helios Kharkiv players Category:FC Lokomotyv Dvorichna players Category:FC Urartu players Category:FC Tytan Donetsk players Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players Category:FC Nikopol players Category:Ukrainian Premier League players Category:Ukrainian First League players Category:Ukrainian Second League players Category:Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players Category:Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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