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{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Oleg Litvinenko
| image       = 
| fullname    = Oleg Litvinenko
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1973|11|23}}
| birth_place = [[Dzhambul|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 (association football)|Forward]]
| youthclubs1 = 
| youthyears1 =
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber  = 
| years1      = 1990–1991 | clubs1  = [[FC Taraz|Khimik Dzhambul]]            | caps1  = 13 | goals1  = 1
| years2      = 1991      | clubs2  = [[FC Rus Volgograd|Rus Volgograd]]      | caps2  = 13 | goals2  = 2
| years3      = 1992      | clubs3  = [[FC Taraz|Fosfor Jambyl]]              | caps3  = 29 | goals3  = 11
| years4      = 1993      | clubs4  = [[FC Dinamo Alma-Ata|FC Dinamo Almaty]] | caps4  = 40 | goals4  = 17
| years5      = 1994      | clubs5  = [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]                      | caps5  = 28 | goals5  = 20
| years6      = 1995–1999 | clubs6  = [[FC Spartak Semey|Yelimay]]            | caps6  = 92 | goals6  = 51
| years7      = 2000–2001 | clubs7  = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]                    | caps7  = 31 | goals7  = 15
| years8      = 2001      | clubs8  = [[Ermis Aradippou]]                     | caps8  = 6  | goals8  = 0
| years9      = 2002      | clubs9  = [[FC Astana-1964|Zhenis Astana]]        | caps9  = 10 | goals9  = 1
| years10     = 2002–2003 | clubs10 = [[FC Spartak Semey|Yelimay]]            | caps10 = 50 | goals10 = 24
| years11     = 2004      | clubs11 = [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]]                    | caps11 = 5  | goals11 = 1
| years12     = 2005      | clubs12 = [[FC Alma-Ata|Alma-Ata]]                | caps12 = 22 | goals12 = 7
| years13     = 2006      | clubs13 = [[FC Spartak Semey|Semey]]              | caps13 = 8  | goals13 = 3
| years14     = 2007      | clubs14 = [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]                      | caps14 = 4  | goals14 = 1
| totalcaps   = 351       | totalgoals = 154
| nationalyears1 = 1996&ndash;2006
| nationalteam1  = [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]
| nationalcaps1  = 28 
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| pcupdate = 5 November 2015
| ntupdate = 5 November 2015
}}
'''Oleg Litvinenko''' ({{lang-ru|Олег Литвиненко}}) 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] International [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] from [[Taraz]], who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Career==

===Club===
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.<ref name=Litvinenko>{{cite web|title=УШЕЛ БОМБАРДИР|url=http://www.kaz-football.kz/fame/litvinenko.shtml|website=http://www.kaz-football.kz/|publisher=kaz-football.kz|accessdate=5 November 2015|language=Russian|date=23 November 2007}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Lyakhov|title=ЛУЧШИЕ БОМБАРДИРЫ ЧЕМПИОНАТОВ КАЗАХСТАНА. 1992-2007|url=http://lyakhov.kz/football/sum_goal.shtml|language=Kazakh|accessdate=2009-09-04}}</ref>

===International===
Litvinenko represented [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] 28 times between 1996 and 2006, whilst also representing the [[Kazakhstan national under-23 football team|Kazakhstan U-23]] 10 times, scoring 9 times, during the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|1996 Olympics Games Qualifiers]].<ref name=Litvinenko/>

==Death==
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]].<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"|[[FC Taraz|Khimik Dzhambul]]
|[[1990 Soviet Second League|1990]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Soviet Second League]]
|2||0|| || ||-||-||-||-||2||0
|-
|[[1991 Soviet Second League|1991]]
|11||1|| || ||-||-||-||-||1||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!13!!1!! !! !!-!!-!!-!!-!!13!!1
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Rus Volgograd|Rus Volgograd]]
|[[1991 Soviet Second League B|1991]]
|[[Soviet Second League B]]
|13||2|| || ||-||-||-||-||13||2
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Taraz|Fosfor Jambyl]]
|[[1992 Kazakhstan Premier League|1992]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Top Division]]
|29||11|| || ||-||-||-||-||29||11
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Dinamo Alma-Ata|FC Dinamo Almaty]]
|[[1993 Kazakhstan Premier League|1993]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Top Division]]
|40||17|| || ||-||-||-||-||40||17
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
|[[1994 Kazakhstan Premier League|1994]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Top Division]]
|28||20|| || ||-||-||-||-||28||20
|-
|rowspan="6" valign="center"|[[FC Spartak Semey|Yelimay]]
|[[1995 Kazakhstan Premier League|1995]]
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Top Division]]
|26||9|| || ||-||-||-||-||26||9
|-
|[[1996 Kazakhstan Premier League|1996]]
|26||11|| || || || ||-||-||26||11
|-
|[[1997 Kazakhstan Premier League|1997]]
|17||8|| || ||-||-||-||-||17||8
|-
|[[1998 Kazakhstan Premier League|1998]]
|23||23|| || ||-||-||-||-||23||23
|-
|[[1999 Kazakhstan Premier League|1999]]
|colspan="10"|banned
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!92!!51!! !! !! !! !!-!!-!!92!!51
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|[[2000 Kazakhstan Premier League|2000]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Top Division]]
|23||13|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||13
|-
|[[2001 Kazakhstan Premier League|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|2000–01]]
|[[Cypriot First Division]]
|6||0|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Astana-1964|Zhenis Astana]]
|[[2002 Kazakhstan Premier League|2002]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Super League]]
|10||1|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||1
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[FC Spartak Semey|Yelimay]]
|[[2002 Kazakhstan Premier League|2002]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Super League]]
|21||11|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||11
|-
|[[2003 Kazakhstan Premier League|2003]]
|29||13|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||13
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!50!!24!! !! !!-!!-!!-!!-!!50!!24
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]]
|[[2004 Kazakhstan Premier League|2004]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Super League]]
|5||1|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||1
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Alma-Ata|Alma-Ata]]
|[[2005 Kazakhstan Premier League|2005]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|Super League]]
|22||7|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||7
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Spartak Semey|Semey]]
|2006
|[[Kazakhstan First Division]]
|8||3|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||3
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
|[[2007 Kazakhstan Premier League|2007]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League|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 football team|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>{{NFT player|pid=3521|Oleg Litvinenko|accessdate=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 Asian Cup qualification|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 FIFA World Cup qualification|2002 WC qualification]]
|-
|3.||'''3'''–0
|-
|4.||14 April 2001||[[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] ||{{fb|MAC}}||'''2'''–0||3–0|||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|2002 WC qualification]]
|-
|5.||25 April 2001||[[Central Stadium (Almaty)|Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]] ||{{fb|IRQ|1991}} ||'''1'''–0||1–1|||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|2002 WC qualification]]
|-
|6.||7 July 2002||[[Central Stadium (Almaty)|Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]] ||{{fb|EST}}||'''1'''–0||1–1|||[[Friendly match|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 Premier League|Kazakhstan Top Division]] (2): [[1995 Kazakhstan Premier League|1995]], [[1998 Kazakhstan Premier League|1998]]
* [[Kazakhstan Cup]]: 1995
;Kairat
* [[Kazakhstan Cup]]: 1999–00, 2001

===Individual===
* 2005 GOAL Journal "[[Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year|Best Player of the year]]"
* Kazakhstan Top scorer: [[Kazakhstan Super League 1994|1994]], [[Kazakhstan Super League 1998|1998]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://sbornaya.kz/photo/?album=30 Photos] at National Team website
* [http://sbornaya.kz/players/profile/?id=444 Profile] at National Team website
 
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