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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 Shakhtar Donetsk.

Club career

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.

Ferencváros

At the end of spring of 2019 Zubkov joined Hungarian club Ferencváros on loan. 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.

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.

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.

Return to Shakhtar Donetsk

On 5 August 2022, Zubkov returned to Shakhtar Donetsk, by signing a contract until the summer of 2027. On 5 October, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 2–1 defeat against Real Madrid. 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.

International career

Zubkov made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France.

He was a part of national team in UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024

1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, Magyar Kupa
2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
3. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
5. Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 October 2024

As of match played 24 September 2022. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zubkov goal.

List of international goals scored by Oleksandr Zubkov

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

Honours

Shakhtar 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

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Magyar Kupa: 2021–22

References

1. http://shakhtar.com/en/team/player/?id=231
2. 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.
3. Официально: Зубков игрок Ференцвароша (in Russian). UA-Football. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
4. "NBI: A Honvéd legyőzésével bajnok lett a Ferencváros". Nemzeti Sport. 16 June 2020.
5. "UEFA Champions League: Ferencváros 0-0 Molde". Uefa.com. 29 September 2020.
6. "Oleksandr Zubkov: return to Shakhtar". Shakhtar Donetsk. 5 August 2022.
7. "Real Madrid 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk". BBC Sport. 5 October 2022.
8. "Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 11 October 2022.
9. "France v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
10. Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway
11. "Oleksandr Zubkov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
12. "Oleksandr Zubkov". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links

• Oleksandr Zubkov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway

Ukraine squads

v t e Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2020 1 Bushchan 2 Sobol 3 Sudakov 4 Kryvtsov 5 Sydorchuk 6 Stepanenko 7 Yarmolenko 8 Malinovskyi 9 Yaremchuk 10 Shaparenko 11 Marlos 12 Pyatov (c) 13 Zabarnyi 14 Makarenko 15 Tsygankov 16 Mykolenko 17 Zinchenko 18 Bezus 19 Biesiedin 20 Zubkov 21 Karavayev 22 Matviyenko 23 Trubin 24 Tymchyk 25 Popov 26 Dovbyk Coach: Shevchenko v t e Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2024 1 Bushchan 2 Konoplya 3 Svatok 4 Talovyerov 5 Sydorchuk 6 Stepanenko 7 Yarmolenko (c) 8 Malinovskyi 9 Yaremchuk 10 Mudryk 11 Dovbyk 12 Trubin 13 Zabarnyi 14 Sudakov 15 Tsygankov 16 Mykolenko 17 Zinchenko 18 Brazhko 19 Shaparenko 20 Zubkov 21 Bondar 22 Matviyenko 23 Lunin 24 Tymchyk 25 Vanat 26 Mykhaylichenko Coach: Rebrov

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