Oleg Litvinenko

Oleg Litvinenko (; 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.

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.

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.

International goals

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