Oleksandr Safronov
Oleksandr Safronov (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Сафронов; born 11 June 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Levadia Tallinn on loan from SC Dnipro-1.
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| Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Safronov | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zaporizhia, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Levadia Tallinn on loan from SC Dnipro-1 | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 201?–2015 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Dnipro | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2017– | Dnipro-1 | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | → Levadia Tallinn (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Ukraine U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ukraine U19 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Ukraine U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Career
Safronov is a product of the FC Metalurh Zaporizhia[1] and the FC Dnipro Youth Sportive School systems. In March 2017 he was promoted to the main-team squad of FC Dnipro, but never made debut in the Ukrainian Premier League.
In June 2017 he joined the new created SC Dnipro-1 and made his debut for this club in the winning match against FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv on 15 July 2017 in the Ukrainian Second League as a second half-time substituted player. On June 15, 2019 Safronov became a world champion by winning the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ukraine national U-20 team.[2]
References
- Сафронов Олександр Олександрович (in Ukrainian). Official SC Dnipro-1 Site. 24 May 2019.
- "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019.