Victor Karpenko

Victor Aleksandrovich Karpenko (; born 7 September 1977) is a retired Uzbekistani professional football midfielder, and current coach of FC Bunyodkor.

Career Club Karpenko began his playing career with FK Buxoro in 1997, before moving to Qizilqum Zarafshon in 1999.

Bunyodkor Before joining Bunyodkor in 2007, Karpenko played for several Russian football clubs and in 2005–06 played for FC Kairat. He became one of the leading players and captain of Bunyodkor. Karpenko won 4 championship titles and 3 Uzbek Cups. In 5 seasons he appeared in 202 matches and scored 38 goals for Bunyodkor.

Lokomotiv Tashkent On 26 January 2013 he signed a contract with Lokomotiv Tashkent.

International Karpenko made his debut in a friendly against Belarus on 2 April 2003. Since his debut in 2003 Karpenko has been capped in 61 matches and has scored 4 goals for the full Uzbekistan national football team; this includes seven qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and seven qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 29 May 2014 he played his farewell match for the national team in a friendly against Oman.

Coaching After retiring from football Karpenko became a coach at FC Bunyodkor.

Honours

Bunyodkor Uzbek League: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Uzbek Cup: 2008, 2010, 2012

Lokomotiv Uzbek Cup: 2014 Uzbek League runner-up: 2013