Oleksandr Zubkov

Oleksandr Zubkov
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov
Date of birth (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Makiivka, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 11
Youth career
2009–2011 Olimpik Donetsk
2011–2014 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Shakhtar Donetsk 17 (0)
2018–2019 → Mariupol (loan) 22 (8)
2019–2020 → Ferencváros (loan) 28 (9)
2020–2022 Ferencváros 45 (6)
2022– Shakhtar Donetsk 36 (9)
International career‡
2013–2014 Ukraine U18 8 (1)
2014–2015 Ukraine U19 15 (5)
2015–2016 Ukraine U20 2 (2)
2016–2018 Ukraine U21 14 (5)
2020– Ukraine 29 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov (Ukrainian: Олександр Валерійович Зубков; born 3 August 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Club career

Zubkov is a product of Olimpik Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk academies.

In 2013, he signed a contract with Shakhtar, and played in the Shakhtar Donetsk reserves. Zubkov made his debut as the substituted player in the main-squad team in a match against Zorya Luhansk on 15 May 2016 in the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]

Ferencváros

At the end of spring of 2019 Zubkov joined Hungarian club Ferencváros on loan.[3] After the successful loan which saw him become the club's top scorer, Ferencváros exercised the option to sign him permanently. The fee was believed to be around €1.5 million.[citation needed]

On 16 June 2020, he became champion with Ferencváros by beating Budapest Honvéd FC at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion on the 30th match day of the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.[4]

On 29 September 2020, he was member of the Ferencváros team which qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage after beating Molde FK 3–3 on aggregate (away goals) at the Groupama Aréna.[5]

Return to Shakhtar Donetsk

On 5 August 2022, Zubkov returned to Shakhtar Donetsk, by signing a contract until the summer of 2027.[6] On 5 October, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 2–1 defeat against Real Madrid.[7] On 11 October, he scored the leading goal for Shakhtar from a header against Real Madrid, before the latter managed to equalize in the 90+5th minute, in a match which ended in a 1–1 draw.[8]

International career

Zubkov made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France.[9]

Career statistics

As of 12 November 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 8 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 8 0 2 0 1[b] 0 11 0
Total 17 0 5 0 1 0 23 0
Mariupol (loan) 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 22 8 0 0 0 0 22 8
Ferencváros (loan) 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 28 9 0 0 14[c] 1 42 10
Ferencváros 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 25 5 2 1 7[b] 0 34 6
2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 20 1 3 2 11[d] 1 34 4
Total 45 6 5 3 18 1 68 10
Shakhtar Donetsk 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 17 5 0 0 9[e] 2 26 7
2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 12 2 2 1 4[b] 0 18 3
Total 29 7 2 1 13 2 44 10
Career total 141 30 12 4 46 4 199 38
  1. ^ Includes Ukrainian Cup, Magyar Kupa
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 20 November 2023[11]
National team Year Caps Goals
Ukraine 2020 5 0
2021 13 1
2022 6 1
2023 5 0
Total 29 2
As of match played 24 September 2022. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zubkov goal.[12]
List of international goals scored by Oleksandr Zubkov
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2021 Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro, Ukraine 10  Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 24 September 2022 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 23  Armenia 2–0 5–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk Youth

Shakhtar Donetsk

Ferencváros

References

  1. ^ http://shakhtar.com/en/team/player/?id=231 [dead link]
  2. ^ Ліга Парі-Матч. 26 тур. Матч № 178 15 May 2016. (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ Официально: Зубков игрок Ференцвароша (in Russian). UA-Football. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ "NBI: A Honvéd legyőzésével bajnok lett a Ferencváros". Nemzeti Sport. 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ "UEFA Champions League: Ferencváros 0-0 Molde". Uefa.com. 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Oleksandr Zubkov: return to Shakhtar". Shakhtar Donetsk. 5 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Real Madrid 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk". BBC Sport. 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 11 October 2022.
  9. ^ "France v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  10. ^ Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Oleksandr Zubkov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Oleksandr Zubkov". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links

  • Oleksandr Zubkov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
  • Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway
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Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2020
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