Eduard Sobol

Eduard Sobol
Sobol in 2024
Personal information
Full name Eduard Oleksandrovych Sobol
Date of birth (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995[1]
Place of birth Vilniansk, Ukraine
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Jablonec
Number 23
Youth career
2008–2011 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 3 (1)
2011–2013 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 23 (2)
2013–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk 14 (0)
2014–2015 → Metalurh Donetsk (loan) 15 (0)
2015–2016 → Metalist Kharkiv (loan) 21 (0)
2016–2017 → Zorya Luhansk (loan) 21 (1)
2017–2018 → Slavia Prague (loan) 20 (1)
2018–2019 → Jablonec (loan) 21 (1)
2019–2021 → Club Brugge (loan) 56 (2)
2021–2023 Club Brugge 37 (2)
2023–2026 Strasbourg 28 (0)
2024 → Genk (loan) 13 (0)
2026– Jablonec 12 (1)
International career‡
2010–2011 Ukraine U16 11 (0)
2010–2012 Ukraine U17 5 (0)
2012–2013 Ukraine U18 7 (1)
2012–2014 Ukraine U19 15 (0)
2012 Ukraine U21 1 (0)
2016– Ukraine 29 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2023

Eduard Oleksandrovych Sobol (Ukrainian: Едуард Олекса́ндрович Со́боль; born 20 April 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Czech club Jablonec, and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Sobol was born in Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, in a family of the professional footballer Oleksandr Sobol. He is a product of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia's youth system. Sobol made his debut for FC Metalurhon on 5 November 2011, against FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn in the Ukrainian First League.[2]

In February 2013, Sobol signed a three-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk.[3]

On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against FK Jablonec.[4]

On 4 July 2019, Sobol joined Club Brugge on loan.[5] On 24 October 2022, Sobol signed a three year contract extension with the club.[6] He left Club Brugge after playing over 120 matches for the club.[7]

In January 2023, Sobol joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[8]

On 23 January 2024, Sobol returned to Belgium and joined Genk on loan with an option to buy.[9]

On 15 January 2026, Sobol returned to the Czech Republic and signed a contract with FK Jablonec until 30 June 2027.[10]

International career

Sobol was named in the 31-player Ukraine national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland on 5 September 2016.[11]

On 17 November 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19 whilst on international duty with Ukraine.[12]

On 1 June 2021, Sobol was called up to the Ukraine squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 April 2025[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League 31———31
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2011–12 Ukrainian First League 14200——142
2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 9000——90
Total 23200——232
Shakhtar Donetsk 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 5010000060
2013–14 90100000100
Total 140200000160
Metalurh Donetsk (loan) 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 15000——150
Metalist Kharkiv (loan) 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 21000——210
Zorya Luhansk (loan) 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 211105[a]0—271
Slavia Prague (loan) 2017–18 Czech First League 201206[a]0—281
Jablonec (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League 211204[a]0—271
Club Brugge (loan) 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 260506[b]0—370
2020–21 302106[c]0—312
Total 56260120—742
Club Brugge 2021–22 Belgian First Division A 281404[b]000361
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 91104[b]000141
Total 372508000502
Strasbourg 2022–23 Ligue 1 15000——150
2023–24 3010——40
2024–25 10020——120
Total 28030——310
Genk (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 130———130
Career total 27092103500032610
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 16 November 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 201640
201730
201830
201940
202040
202190
Total270

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

Slavia Prague

Club Brugge

Individual

References

  1. ↑ UEFA.com. "Eduard Sobol | Ukraine | European Qualifiers". UEFA. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Эдуард СОБОЛЬ (in Russian). Official FC Metalurh Site. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Шахтер" подписал контракт с Эдуардом Соболем (in Russian). ua-football.com. 7 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Slavia Prague 3 Jablonec 1". www.flashscore.com.
  5. ↑ "Club Brugge stelt tweede zomertransfer voor: Oekraïense linksback van Shakhtar Donetsk" [Club Brugge presents second summer transfer: Ukrainian left-back from Shakhtar Donetsk]. www.standaard.be (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ "Sobol tot 2025 bij Club" [Sobol at Club until 2025]. www.clubbbrugge.be.
  7. ↑ "Eduard Sobol joins RC Strasbourg Alsace". www.clubbrugge.be.
  8. ↑ "EDUARD SOBOL S'ENGAGE EN FAVEUR DU RACING". rcstrasbourgalsace.fr (in French). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "WELCOME, EDUARD SOBOL!". Genk. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Sobol se vrací do Česka. Bývalý ukrajinský reprezentant bude znovu hrát za Jablonec". EuroFotbal.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Switzerland v Ukraine off over Covid-19". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Officially. Andriy Shevchenko announced the application of the national team of Ukraine for Euro 2020". Ukrainian Association of Football. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Eduard Sobol at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Eduard Sobol - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Club Brugge awarded Belgian Pro League title as season ended early". Sky Sports. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  17. ↑ Финал 2013 года: золотой талант Украины в категории (U-19) – Эдуард Соболь. goldtalant.com.ua
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