Mykola Matviyenko
 Matviyenko warming up for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Saky, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2][3] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 186 | (14) |
| 2017 | → Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Ukraine U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ukraine U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2016 | Ukraine U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Ukraine U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017– | Ukraine | 84 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026 | |||
Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Матвіє́нко; born 2 May 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.
Club career
Matvienko was born in Saky, AR Crimea, Ukraine. He is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school and signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League club in 2013.
He played three years for the Shakhtar Donetsk youth team in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves Championship and in summer 2015 was promoted to the main-squad team in the Ukrainian Premier League. He made his debut for FC Shakhtar in a match against FC Chornomorets Odesa on 3 October 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.[4]
On 21 March 2023, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that Matviyenko had signed a new contract with the club until 31 December 2027.[5]
International career
His debut in Ukraine national team was in March 2017 against Croatia national team. He was a part of national team in UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024.
Personal life
His older brother Dmytro Matviyenko is also a professional football player.[6] Since 2015 Dmytro plays in the Crimean Premier League.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | Ukrainian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8[f] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 28 | 2 | — | 10[g] | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7[h] | 2 | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8[f] | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15[i] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2026–27 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 186 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 280 | 16 | ||
| Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 216 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 313 | 17 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played 7 June 2026[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 0 | |
Honours
Shakhtar Donetsk
References
- ↑ UEFA.com. "Mykola Matviyenko | Ukraine | European Qualifiers". UEFA. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ↑ "ФК Ворскла - Основний склад".
- ↑ "Mykola Matvienko - Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association".
- ↑ Ліга Парі-Матч. 10 тур. Матч № 66. 03.10.2015 (in Ukrainian). Official UPL Site. 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Новий контракт Матвієнка". shakhtar.com (in Ukrainian). FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ "Матвієнко Дмитро Олександрович | Українська Премʼєр-Ліга | Офіційний сайт УПЛ - upl.ua". upl.ua. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ↑ "Mykola Matviyenko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Ukrainian Cup: Shakhtar defeated Dynamo in a penalty shootout | УНН". Ukrainian National News (UNN). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
External links
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- Mykola Matviyenko at UAF (in Ukrainian)
- Mykola Matviyenko at Soccerway
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- People from Saky
- Ukrainian men's footballers
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- Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers
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- Men's association football full-backs
- UEFA Euro 2020 players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- FC Karpaty Lviv players
- FC Vorskla Poltava players
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