Oleksandr Zubkov

Oleksandr Zubkov
Zubkov with Ukraine in 2021
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zubkov
Date of birth (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996
Place of birth Makiivka, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 AEK Athens
Number 10
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 45 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:41, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

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.

Club career

Zubkov is a product of Olimpik Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk academies.

Shakhtar Donetsk

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]

Ferencváros

Zubkov during a UEFA Champions League pre-match press conference in 2020

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.

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

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]

Trabzonspor

In February 2025, he joined Trabzonspor.

AEK Athens

On 3 June 2026, Zubkov signed a four-year contract with AEK Athens.[9]

International career

Zubkov 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

Club

As of match played 22 May 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shakhtar Donetsk 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 101000–20
2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 802000–100
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 80201[b]0–110
Total 1705010–230
Mariupol (loan) 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 2280000–228
Ferencváros (loan) 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2890014[c]1–4210
Ferencváros 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 255217[b]0–346
2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2013211[d]1–344
Total 45653181–6810
Shakhtar Donetsk 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 175009[e]2–267
2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 255418[f]0–376
2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League 125108[b]2–217
Total 541551254–8420
Trabzonspor 2024–25 Süper Lig 15652––208
2025–26 Süper Lig 30460–1[g]0374
Total 4510112–105712
Career total 166381545860023949
  1. ↑ Includes Ukrainian Cup, Magyar Kupa, Turkish Cup
  2. 1 2 3 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
  7. ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

International

As of match played 31 March 2026[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 202050
2021131
202261
202350
202480
202561
202620
Total453
As of match played 16 November 2025. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zubkov goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Oleksandr Zubkov
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2021Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro, Ukraine10 Northern Ireland1–01–0Friendly
2 24 September 2022Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia23 Armenia2–05–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B
3 16 November 2025Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland43 Iceland1–02–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk Youth

Shakhtar Donetsk

Ferencváros

Trabzonspor

References

  1. ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov | First Team | FC Shakhtar Donetsk". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "UEFA Champions League: Ferencváros 0-0 Molde". Uefa.com. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov: return to Shakhtar". Shakhtar Donetsk. 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Real Madrid 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk". BBC Sport. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov joins AEK!". AEK Athens. 3 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "France v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ↑ Delaporte, Augustin (1 June 2021). "Euro 2020 : la liste des 26 de l'Ukraine". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Aurélien Macedo (20 May 2024). "La liste de l'Ukraine pour l'Euro 2024 avec Zinchenko et Mudryk". footmercato.net. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025..
  13. ↑ Oleksandr Zubkov at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Oleksandr Zubkov". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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