Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Зінченко; born 15 December 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays for English Premier League club Manchester City and the Ukraine national team. Zinchenko began his career at Russian Premier League team FC Ufa before joining Manchester City in 2016 for a fee in the region of £1 million. A versatile midfielder, he can also operate in many positions on the left side, such as a wing back or a full-back.

For the Ukrainian politician, see Oleksandr Zinchenko (politician).

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Zinchenko.
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Zinchenko playing for Manchester City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996[2]
Place of birth Radomyshl, Ukraine
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Left-back
Left wingback
Club information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2008 Karpatiya Radomyshl
2008–2009 Monolit Illichivsk
2010–2014 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Ufa 31 (2)
2016– Manchester City 36 (0)
2016–2017 → PSV (loan) 12 (0)
2017 → Jong PSV (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 Ukraine U16 2 (0)
2012–2013 Ukraine U17 6 (1)
2013 Ukraine U18 6 (1)
2014–2015 Ukraine U19 6 (1)
2015–2017 Ukraine U21 8 (1)
2015– Ukraine 31 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:57, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:49, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Zinchenko was born in Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast.[4]

Club career

Early career
Zinchenko playing for Ufa in 2015

Zinchenko is a product of Youth Sporitve School Karpatiya of his native Radomyshl (with first coach Serhiy Boretskyi),[5] FC Monolit Illichivsk and FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

He made his Russian Premier League debut for Ufa on 20 March 2015 in a match against FC Krasnodar.[6]

Manchester City

On 4 July 2016, Zinchenko signed for Premier League club Manchester City for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £1.7 million.[7][8] The move surprised some. However, he was described by a Russian football scout as a "real talent", with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund also monitoring him.[9]

Zinchenko was loaned to Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven on 26 August, for the 2016–17 season.[10] He made his debut on 1 October, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against SC Heerenveen.[11]

Zinchenko returned to Manchester City for the 2017–18 season, and made his debut on 24 October 2017, playing the full match including extra time in a 0–0 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the EFL Cup.[12] He made his first Premier League appearance on 13 December 2017, coming off the bench in a 4–0 away win at Swansea City.[13]

On 18 December 2017, Zinchenko scored the winning penalty kick against Leicester City after a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time, sending Manchester City through to the semi-finals of the EFL Cup.[14]

Zinchenko gained an extended run in the side following injuries to left backs Benjamin Mendy and Fabian Delph, putting in a number of consistent performances in the position.[15]

Zinchenko made his first appearance of the 2018–19 season in a 3–0 away win at Oxford United in the EFL Cup. In the same week, he made his first league start of the season in a 2–0 home win against Brighton & Hove Albion, due to injuries to Mendy and Delph.[16]

Zinchenko scored his first goal for Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-final against Burton Albion on 9 January 2019, a 9–0 home win.[17]

In June 2019 he signed a new contract with the club, to keep him with them until 2024.[18] On 25 October 2019, Zinchenko had a knee surgery in Barcelona.[19] Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola told that the recovery from the injury would take from 5 to 6 weeks: "He had a contact with a knee. He felt something in the bone and had to stop. He had something to clean up the knee. It was not a big issue. Five or six weeks."[20] In the beginning of December 2019 Zinchenko returned to full training.[21] On 11 December 2019 he played his first game after the injury against Dinamo Zagreb.[22]

International career

He made his international debut in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match against Spain on 12 October 2015. Zinchenko scored his first international goal in a friendly against neighbours Romania in Turin, which Ukraine won 4–3 on 29 May 2016. He also became Ukraine's youngest player to score an international goal at the age of 19 years and 165 days, beating a record held since 1996 by Andriy Shevchenko.[23]

Zinchenko was included in Ukraine's squad for Euro 2016, appearing as a substitute for Viktor Kovalenko in both of Ukraine's first two matches, against Germany and Northern Ireland as Ukraine failed to score and were the first team eliminated.[24]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ufa 2014–15[3] Russian Premier League 7000———70
2015–16[3] Russian Premier League 24220———262
Total 31220———332
PSV (loan) 2016–17[3] Eredivisie 12010—4[lower-alpha 3]0—170
Jong PSV (loan) 2016–17[3] Eerste Divisie 70————70
Manchester City 2016–17[25] Premier League 00——00—00
2017–18[26] Premier League 8010401[lower-alpha 3]0—140
2018–19[27] Premier League 14040615[lower-alpha 3]000291
2019–20[28] Premier League 14011202[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0201
Total 360611218010632
Career total 86291121120101204
  1. Includes Russian Cup, FA Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International
As of match played 14 October 2019[29]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine
201510
2016101
201720
2018101
201982
Total314

International goals
As of match played 10 September 2019. Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zinchenko goal.[29]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 29 May 2016Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy2 Romania2–14–3Friendly[30]
2 6 September 2018Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic18 Czech Republic2–12–12018–19 UEFA Nations League B[31]
3 7 September 2019LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania28 Lithuania1–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[32]
4 10 September 2019Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro, Ukraine29 Nigeria1–22–2Friendly[33]

Honours

Manchester City

Individual

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