Full name Oleg Litvinenko Name Oleg Litvinenko Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | Place of death Taraz, Kazakhstan | |
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Date of birth (1973-11-23)23 November 1973 Date of death 19 November 2007(2007-11-19) (aged 33) | ||
Place of birth Taraz, Soviet Union | ||
Oleg Litvinenko Highlights / Олег Литвиненко лучшие моменты 18/19
Oleg Litvinenko (Russian: Олег Литвиненко) 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh International footballer from Taraz, who played as a forward.
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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.
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.
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 Olympics Games Qualifiers.
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.
International
Statistics accurate as of 5 November 2015