Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)

Oleksandr Zinchenko
Zinchenko with Arsenal in 2023
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Radomyshl, Ukraine
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Arsenal
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2008 Youth Sportive School Karpatia[4]
2008–2009 Monolit Illichivsk
2010–2014 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Ufa 31 (2)
2016–2022 Manchester City 76 (0)
2016–2017PSV (loan) 12 (0)
2017Jong PSV (loan) 7 (0)
2022– Arsenal 57 (2)
International career
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 69 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:03, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Зінченко; born 15 December 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Ukraine national team.

Zinchenko began his career at Russian Premier League team Ufa before joining Manchester City in 2016 for a fee around £1.7 million. He started his career as an attacking midfielder, but eventually converted into a left-back under Pep Guardiola. He won four Premier League titles, four EFL Cups and an FA Cup with the club. He moved to Arsenal in July 2022 for a fee of £30 million.

A full Ukrainian international since 2015, Zinchenko represented his country at the UEFA European Championship in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

  1. ^ "Zinchenko Oleksandr Volodymyrovych". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Oleksandr Zinchenko | Ukraine | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Soccerway was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Oleksandr Zinchenko: what did Man City player say on Instagram about Vladimir Putin, as Russia invades Ukraine". 24 February 2022.