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Full name
  
Artur Kotenko

1992–1993
  
Puuma Tallinn

Weight
  
82 kg

Number
  
1

Height
  
1.86 m

Playing position
  
Goalkeeper

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Tallinn, Estonia

Name
  
Artur Kotenko


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Date of birth
  
(1981-08-20) 20 August 1981 (age 34)

Current teams
  
Estonia national football team (Goalkeeper), FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (#1 / Goalkeeper)

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Artur Kotenko (born 20 August 1981) is an Estonian professional football who plays as a goalkeeper for Narva Trans.

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Career in Estonia

On 24 October 2004, Kotenko scored Levadia's second goal against Tulevik in the penultimate round of 2004 Meistriliiga. The team won the match 4–1 and secured the title, ultimately making it the league winning goal.

Having been frozen out of the Levadia side in 2007, after refusing to sign a contract extension with the club (a similar fate was suffered by teammates Konstantin Vassiljev and Ats Purje earlier that season), Kotenko joined the Norwegian First Division side Sandnes Ulf, but was free to leave the club after less than a year because of a relegation release clause in his contract. In December 2008, Kotenko underwent a successful two-week trial at the English Championship side Nottingham Forest and was expected to join the club in January. The deal, however, fell through when Colin Calderwood was sacked following a boxing day defeat to Doncaster Rovers.

Viking

On 6 February 2009, he joined Eliteserien club Viking. The Estonian goalkeeper made his league debut for the Dark Blues more than eight months after the signing, on 25 October 2009. It ended after just 25 minutes, as he was sent off for handling the ball outside the 18-yard box.

AEP Paphos

On 10 June 2010, he signed a 1-year deal with Cypriot team AEP Paphos, with an option to extend it by another year, joining compatriot Ats Purje. He failed to make an impact there and only appeared in 7 league matches.

Ravan Baku

After an spell in Cyprus, Kotenko moved to Azerbaijan and joined a newly promoted Ravan Baku on a two-year contract. He made the debut on 6 August, in a 2–3 defeat against Kapaz. The contract was mutually terminated in October 2011.

Jaro

On 20 January 2012, Kotenko signed 1-year deal with Finish Veikkausliiga club Jaro.

Dnepr Mogilev

On 26 February 2013, Kotenko signed 1-year contract with Belarusian club Dnepr Mogilev. After successful season in Dnepr Mogilev, Artur Kotenko moved to bronze medalist Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

On 3 May 2014, Kotenko became Belarus Cup winner. His great performance helped Shakhtyor Soligorsk to win bronze medals of Belarus premier league and reach play off round of Euro League where Shakhtyor Soligorsk lost to PSV Eindhoven. Artur Kotenko have played 29 games in the Belarus premier league and made 17 clean sheets. On 13 December 2014, Artur Kotenko was awarded by Belarus Football Association as a best goalkeeper of Belarus premier league 2014.

Narva Trans

On 8 February 2017, Kotenko signed for Estonian top tier club Narva Trans.

International career

He is an Estonia national football team player with 27 caps to his name.

Club

Levadia
  • Meistriliiga: 2004, 2006, 2007
  • Estonian Cup: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
  • Estonian Supercup: 2001
  • Shakhtyor Soligorsk
  • Belarusian Cup: 2013–14
  • References

    Artur Kotenko Wikipedia