Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko ( ukrainian : Олександр Володимирович Зінченко ; born 15 December 1996 ) is a ukrainian professional football player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Ukraine home team. Zinchenko began his career at russian Premier League team Ufa before joining Manchester City in 2016 for a fee around £1.7 million. A versatile midfielder, he can besides operate in many positions on the left side, such as a wing-back or a full-back.
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Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Zinchenko playing for Ufa in 2015 Zinchenko was born in Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast. [ 4 ] He is a product of Youth Sporitve School Karpatiya of his native Radomyshl ( with first coach Serhiy Boretskyi ), [ 5 ] FC Monolit Illichivsk and Shakhtar Donetsk, where he became the captain of the youth team. On 9 December 2013, he scored a goal in a 1–1 draw with Manchester United in the 2013–14 UEFA Youth League. [ 6 ] He moved with his parents to Russia due to the war in Donbas. [ 7 ] Shakhtar Donetsk wanted him back despite offering no play time, but he did not return for security reasons. He spent 5 to 6 months with amateur leagues in Moscow. He then trained with Rubin Kazan but the club did not sign him to a contract since Zinchenko was still under contract to Shakhtar, and Rubin would risk incurring a transfer ban if they attempted to sign him. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On 12 February 2015, he signed a condense with Ufa. [ note 1 ] He made his russian Premier League debut for Ufa on 20 March 2015 in a match against FC Krasnodar. [ 11 ] On 25 July 2015, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 kill against FC Rostov. [ 12 ]
Manchester City [edit ]
On 4 July 2016, Zinchenko signed for Premier League club Manchester City for an undisclosed tip believed to be around £1.7 million. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The move surprised some. however, he was described by a russian football lookout as a “ real number endowment ”, with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund besides monitoring him. [ 15 ] Zinchenko was loaned to Eredivisie club PSV on 26 August, for the 2016–17 season. [ 16 ] He made his debut on 1 October, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against SC Heerenveen. [ 17 ] 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 attract with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the EFL Cup. [ 18 ] He made his first Premier League appearance on 13 December 2017, coming off the bench in a 4–0 away win at Swansea City. [ 19 ] On 18 December 2017, Zinchenko scored the winning penalty recoil against Leicester City after a 1–1 stalemate in regulation time, sending Manchester City through to the semi-finals of the EFL Cup. [ 20 ] Zinchenko gained an extensive function in the side following injuries to left backs Benjamin Mendy and Fabian Delph, putting in a act of reproducible performances in the position. [ 21 ] Zinchenko made his first gear appearance of the 2018–19 temper in a 3–0 away win at Oxford United in the EFL Cup. In the same workweek, he made his first league start of the season in a 2–0 home succeed against Brighton & Hove Albion, due to injuries to Mendy and Delph. [ 22 ]
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 acquire. [ 23 ]
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In June 2019, he signed a raw sign with the club, to keep him with them until 2024. [ 24 ] On 25 October 2019, Zinchenko had a stifle surgery in Barcelona. [ 25 ] Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola told that the convalescence from the wound would take from 5 to 6 weeks : “ He had a liaison 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 adult write out. Five or six weeks. ” [ 26 ] At the begin of December 2019, Zinchenko returned to wide educate. [ 27 ] On 11 December 2019, he played his inaugural game after the wound against Dinamo Zagreb. [ 28 ] On 4 January 2020, he scored his beginning goal for Manchester City in a 4–1 win over Port Vale in the FA Cup. [ 29 ] On 4 May 2021, Zinchenko was aside of the starting eleven that saw Manchester City qualify for their beginning UEFA Champions League Final, after beating PSG 2–0 on the night and 4–1 on aggregate. [ 30 ] On 29 May, he late started that Champions League Final, which his team lost 1–0 against Chelsea. [ 31 ]
International career [edit ]
He made his external debut in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match against Spain on 12 October 2015. Zinchenko scored his first external goal in a friendly against neighbours Romania in Turin, which Ukraine won 4–3 on 29 May 2016. He besides became Ukraine ‘s youngest player to score an international finish at the historic period of 19 years and 165 days, beating a read held since 1996 by Andriy Shevchenko. [ 32 ] Zinchenko was included in Ukraine ‘s police 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 base team eliminated. [ 33 ] On 24 March 2021 in the match against France, he became the Ukraine ‘s youngest actor captain in their history at the age 24 years and 98 days. [ 34 ] Later on, he was included in the squad for Euro 2020. [ 35 ] On 29 June 2021, he scored the foremost goal and assisted the moment goal in the Euro 2020 beat of 16 match against Sweden, which ended in a 2–1 win for Ukraine after extra time, [ 36 ] for which he was awarded the Star of the Match. [ 37 ]
personal life sentence [edit ]
In August 2020, he married diarist Vlada Shcheglova. [ 38 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 24 November 2021[3]
International [edit ]
- As of match played 16 November 2021[45]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Ukraine
2015
1
0
2016
10
1
2017
2
0
2018
10
1
2019
8
2
2020
4
1
2021
13
3
Total
48
8
- As of match played 16 November 2021. Scores and results list Ukraine’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zinchenko goal.[45]
Honours [edit ]
Manchester City
Individual
Notes [edit ]
- ^[10] After terminating his condense with Shakhtar Donetsk and signing with Ufa, Shakhtar took the shell to FIFA ‘s Dispute Resolution Chamber, which ordered Zinchenko to pay approximately €8,000 in recompense .
References [edit ]
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