Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov (Ukrainian: Олександр Валерійович Зубков; born 3 August 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a wingerorattacking midfielder for Shakhtar Donetsk.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Makiivka, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 42 | (10) |
| 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 | 33 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 | |||
Zubkov is a product of Olimpik Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk academies.
In 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]
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]
On 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]
Zubkov made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 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 | |
| Total | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 63 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 154 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 218 | 42 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 2 | |
| 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 |
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