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Valentin Kovalenko
	Kovalenko refereeing at Azadi Stadium in ACL 2018.
Full name	Valentin Anatolyevich Kovalenko
Born	August 9, 1975 (age 48); Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Domestic
Years	League
2000–	Uzbekistan Super League
International
Years	League
2002–	FIFA listed

Valentin Kovalenko (born 9 August 1975) is an Uzbekistani football referee of Ukrainian and Russian origin.^[2] He referees at the Uzbekistan Super League and Uzbekistan Cup.

He refereed at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2012 AFC Cup Final and 2014 World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the preliminary-round match between Iraq and Yemen.^[3] During 2006 World Cup qualifying, he also served as an assistant referee.^[4]

AFC Asian Cup edit

2019 AFC Asian Cup – United Arab Emirates
Date	Match	Venue	Round
11 January 2019	Palestine – Australia	Dubai	Group stage

^ "FIFA Referee list". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
^ Profile
^ FIFA. "Match Report - Iraq - Yemen 2:0 (1:0)". 23 July 2011. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
^ FIFA. "Match Report - China PR - Kuwait 1:0 (0:0)". 18 February 2004. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.