Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Вале́рійович Зубко́в; born 3 August 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club AEK Athens and the Ukraine national team.
.jpg) Zubkov with Ukraine in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Makiivka, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AEK Athens | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2025 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 54 | (15) |
| 2025–2026 | Trabzonspor | 45 | (10) |
| 2026– | AEK Athens | 0 | (0) |
| 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 | 43 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:41, 3 June 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2025 | |||
Club career
editZubkov is a product of Olimpik Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk academies.
Shakhtar Donetsk
editIn 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
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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
editOn 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]
Trabzonspor
editIn February 2025, he joined Trabzonspor.
AEK Athens
editOn 3 June 2026, Zubkov signed a four-year contract with AEK Athens.[9]
International career
editZubkov made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France.[10]
In June 2021, he is on the list of 26 players summoned by Andriy Shevchenko to compete for the UEFA Euro 2020.[11]
In May 2024, he was on the list of 26 players summoned by Serhiy Rebrov for the UEFA Euro 2024.[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 22 May 2026[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8[f] | 0 | – | 37 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 2 | – | 21 | 7 | ||
| Total | 54 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 4 | – | 84 | 20 | |||
| Trabzonspor | 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 20 | 8 | ||
| 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | 1[g] | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
| Total | 45 | 10 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 57 | 12 | |||
| Career total | 166 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 49 | ||
- ↑ Includes Ukrainian Cup, Magyar Kupa, Turkish Cup
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
International
edit- As of match played 16 November 2025[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 3 | |
- As of match played 16 November 2025. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zubkov goal.[15]
| 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 |
| 3 | 16 November 2025 | Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland | 43 |  Iceland | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
editShakhtar Donetsk Youth
- UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2014–15
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18
- Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2015, 2017
Ferencváros
Trabzonspor
References
edit- ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov | First Team | FC Shakhtar Donetsk". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Официально: Зубков игрок Ференцвароша (in Russian). UA-Football. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ↑ "NBI: A Honvéd legyőzésével bajnok lett a Ferencváros". Nemzeti Sport. 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "UEFA Champions League: Ferencváros 0-0 Molde". Uefa.com. 29 September 2020.
- ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov: return to Shakhtar". Shakhtar Donetsk. 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "Real Madrid 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk". BBC Sport. 5 October 2022.
- ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 11 October 2022.
- ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov joins AEK!". AEK Athens. 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "France v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
- ↑ Delaporte, Augustin (1 June 2021). "Euro 2020 : la liste des 26 de l'Ukraine". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ Aurélien Macedo (20 May 2024). "La liste de l'Ukraine pour l'Euro 2024 avec Zinchenko et Mudryk". footmercato.net..
- ↑ Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway
- ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
External links
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- Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway.com
- Oleksandr Zubkov at WorldFootball.net
- Oleksandr Zubkov at National-Football-Teams.com
- Oleksandr Zubkov at FBref.com
- Oleksandr Zubkov at kicker (in German)
- Oleksandr Zubkov at the Turkish Football Federation
- Oleksandr Zubkov at the Ukraine Football Federation (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksandr Zubkov at EU-Football.info
- Oleksandr Zubkov at AS.com (in Spanish)
