Playing position Role Football player Number 17 Height 1.75 m | 2008–2009 FC Monolit Illichivsk Weight 61 kg Name Oleksandr Zinchenko | |
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Full name Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko Date of birth (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 19) | ||
Oleksandr Volodymyrovich Zinchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Зінченко; born 15 December 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Manchester City.
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Oleksandr zinchenko ukrainian genius 2016 17
Club career
Zinchenko is a product of Youth Sporitve School Karpatiya of his native Radomyshl (with first coach Serhiy Boretskyi), FC Monolit Illichivsk and FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
He made his Russian Football Premier League debut for FC Ufa on 20 March 2015 in a game against FC Krasnodar.
On 4 July 2016, Zinchenko was signed by Manchester City.
Zinchenko was loaned to Dutch Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven on 26 August, for the 2016–17 season. He made his debut on 1 October, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against SC Heerenveen.
International career
He made his international debut in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualification game against Spain on 12 October 2015. Zinchenko scored his first international goal in a friendly against neighbours Romania in Turin, which Ukraine won 4–3 on 29 May 2016. He also became Ukraine's youngest player to score an international goal at the age of 19, beating a record previously held by Andriy Shevchenko.
Zinchenko was included in Ukraine's squad for Euro 2016, appearing as a substitute for Viktor Kovalenko in both of Ukraine's first two matches, against Germany and Northern Ireland as Ukraine failed to score and were the first team eliminated.