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Oleksandr Zinchenko

Oleksandr Zinchenko

Defender - Left-Back  at Nottingham Forest
Age29
CitizenshipUkraine
Height1.75 m
Footleft
BornDecember 15, 1996
at Nottingham Forest 265 days · joined 2025-09-01
👕200+ Apps 🏴100+ Caps
Market value €20.00m
Left-Back Defender

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
13/14
debut season
0.03
goals / match
Manchester City
top club · 128 apps

Career highs

€42.00m
peak value · 2023
€35.00m
top transfer fee · 22/23
2
best season · 15/16
104 / 16
int'l caps / goals
284Appearances
8Goals
36Assists
20Yellow cards
0Red cards
68Full matches (90′)
Full nameOleksandr Zinchenko
Name in home countryЗінченко Олександр Володимирович
Date of birth1996-12-15 (29 yrs)
Place of birthRadomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
CitizenshipUkraine
PositionDefender - Left-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height175.00 m
Current clubNottingham Forest
On loan from ↩ Arsenal FC parent contract: 2026-06-30
Joined2025-09-01
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentUniqueFA
OutfitterSkechers
Jun 2026
Transfer: Forest → Arsenal
25/26 · Return from loan
Sep 2025
Transfer: Arsenal → Forest
25/26 · Loan
Dec 2024
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Sep 2024
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Arsenal FC
23 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Feb 2024
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Dec 2023
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Arsenal FC
35 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
May 2023
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Apr 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2022
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Aug 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2022
Transfer: Man City → Arsenal
22/23 · Transfer · €35.00m
Jul 2022
22/23 — Arsenal FC
33 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2022
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Sep 2021
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Manchester City
28 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Sep 2020
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Sep 2020
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Manchester City
32 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Manchester City
25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Manchester City
29 matches · 1 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Manchester City
14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2017
Transfer: PSV Eindhoven → Man City
16/17 · Return from loan
Aug 2016
Transfer: Man City → PSV Eindhoven
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
Transfer: Ufa → Man City
16/17 · Transfer · €2.25m
Jul 2016
16/17 — PSV Eindhoven, PSV Eindhoven U21
24 matches · 0 G · 13 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — FC Ufa
26 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2015
Transfer: Career break → Ufa
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — FC Ufa, FC Ufa II
8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Shakhtar U19 → Career break
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA U19
7 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
Transfer: Shakhtar U17 → Shakhtar U19
12/13 · Transfer
Jan 2010
Transfer: Monolit → Shakhtar U17
09/10 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €42.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 951 other Defender - Left-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.47/90
93
Assists1 total · 0.47/90
90
G+A2 total · 0.93/90
93
Yellow cards2 total · 0.93/90
6
6,137 min
Minutes played by club
Arsenal FC 66.1%
Manchester City 10.4%
PSV Eindhoven 0.0%
PSV Eindhoven U21 0.0%
FC Ufa 13.9%
FC Ufa II 0.0%
Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA U19 9.7%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Arsenal FC 3 22/23 24/25 91 3 5 4,054
Manchester City 5 17/18 21/22 128 2 12 637
PSV Eindhoven 1 16/17 16/17 17 0 4 0
PSV Eindhoven U21 1 16/17 16/17 7 0 9 0
FC Ufa 2 14/15 15/16 33 2 4 851
FC Ufa II 1 14/15 14/15 1 0 0 0
Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA U19 1 13/14 13/14 7 1 2 595

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€10.5M7€21M10€31.5M13€42M13/14 — 1 goals (Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA U19)13/14 — 2 assists313/1415/16 — 2 goals (FC Ufa)15/16 — 4 assists615/1616/17 — 13 assists1316/1717/1818/19 — 1 goals (Manchester City)18/19 — 5 assists618/1919/20 — 1 goals (Manchester City)119/2020/21 — 2 assists220/2121/22 — 5 assists521/2222/23 — 1 goals (Arsenal FC)22/23 — 2 assists322/2323/24 — 1 goals (Arsenal FC)23/24 — 2 assists323/2424/25 — 1 goals (Arsenal FC)24/25 — 1 assists224/2515/16 — €800K16/17 — €4M17/18 — €4.5M18/19 — €15M19/20 — €30M20/21 — €24M21/22 — €28M22/23 — €32M23/24 — €42M24/25 — €38MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

13/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 1124/25

Assists by season

13/14: 2213/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 131316/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 5518/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 5521/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 1124/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Champions League Arsenal FC 6 1 0 0 0 193
24/25 EFL Cup Arsenal FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Premier League Arsenal FC 15 0 1 1 0 0
23/24 Champions League Arsenal FC 6 0 0 1 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Arsenal FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Premier League Arsenal FC 27 1 2 2 0 1,725
22/23 EFL Cup Arsenal FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Europa League Arsenal FC 3 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Arsenal FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Premier League Arsenal FC 27 1 2 3 0 2,136
21/22 Champions League Manchester City 8 0 1 2 0 0
21/22 EFL Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 FA Cup Manchester City 4 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Premier League Manchester City 15 0 4 0 0 0
20/21 Champions League Manchester City 9 0 1 1 0 0
20/21 EFL Cup Manchester City 2 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 FA Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Premier League Manchester City 20 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Champions League Manchester City 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Cup Manchester City 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Cup Manchester City 1 1 0 0 0 90
19/20 Premier League Manchester City 19 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Champions League Manchester City 5 0 2 1 0 0
18/19 EFL Cup Manchester City 6 1 0 0 0 547
18/19 FA Cup Manchester City 4 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Premier League Manchester City 14 0 3 1 0 0
17/18 Champions League Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Cup Manchester City 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Manchester City 8 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Champions League PSV Eindhoven 4 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Eredivisie PSV Eindhoven 12 0 4 0 0 0
16/17 Jupiler League PSV Eindhoven U21 7 0 9 0 0 0
16/17 KNVB Beker PSV Eindhoven 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier Liga FC Ufa 24 2 4 3 0 851
15/16 Russian Cup FC Ufa 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premier Liga FC Ufa 7 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) FC Ufa II 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 UEFA Youth League Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA U19 7 1 2 1 0 595
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
09/10 2010-01-01 Monolit Shakhtar U17 Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-01 Shakhtar U17 Shakhtar U19 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Shakhtar U19 Career break Transfer 0
14/15 2015-02-13 Career break Ufa Transfer 0
16/17 2016-07-04 Ufa Man City Transfer 4000000 €2.25m
16/17 2016-08-26 Man City PSV Eindhoven Loan 4000000
16/17 2017-06-30 PSV Eindhoven Man City Return from loan 4500000
22/23 2022-07-22 Man City Arsenal Transfer 25000000 €35.00m
25/26 2025-09-01 Arsenal Forest Loan 20000000
25/26 2026-06-30 Forest Arsenal Return from loan 20000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
20/21 Muscle injury 2020-09-20 2020-09-25 6 2
20/21 Knock 2020-09-28 2020-10-20 23 6
20/21 Quarantine 2020-11-18 2020-11-30 13 3
20/21 Knock 2020-12-02 2020-12-18 17 4
21/22 Fitness 2021-07-31 2021-08-08 9 1
21/22 unknown injury 2021-09-17 2021-10-14 28 7
21/22 Corona virus 2022-01-01 2022-01-31 31 4
22/23 Knee problems 2022-08-26 2022-09-03 9 2
22/23 Calf injury 2022-09-16 2022-11-01 47 11
22/23 unknown injury 2023-04-14 2023-04-17 4 1
22/23 Calf muscle tear 2023-05-07 2023-08-18 104 6
23/24 Calf problems 2023-12-30 2024-01-18 20 2
23/24 Calf problems 2024-02-04 2024-03-08 34 6
24/25 Calf injury 2024-09-14 2024-10-21 38 8
24/25 Knock 2024-12-05 2024-12-22 18 5
Current€22.00m
Peak€42.00m
Low€650k
Δ since start+€21.35m
€650k€10.99m€21.33m€31.66m€42.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €35.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €38.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €42.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €40.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €42.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €32.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €32.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €28.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €24.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #31726 #16 2 0 former national player
Team #26508 #10 6 1 former national player
Team #23313 #17 6 1 former national player
Team #21233 6 1 former national player
Team #16274 #17 8 1 former national player
Team #3699 #17 76 12 current national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Martin Ødegaard 2 2 0
David Raya 2 0 0
João Cancelo 2 0 0
Viktor Tsygankov 2 1 0
Leandro Trossard 2 0 0
Rodri 3 1 0
Aymeric Laporte 3 0 0
John Stones 3 0 0
Kyle Walker 3 0 0
Ben White 2 0 0
Bukayo Saka 2 1 0
Gabriel Martinelli 2 1 0
Gabriel Jesus 2 3 0
William Saliba 2 0 0
Mykola Matvienko 2 0 0
Gabriel Magalhães 2 0 0
Phil Foden 2 1 0
Kevin De Bruyne 3 1 0
Riyad Mahrez 2 2 0
Bernardo Silva 3 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
15/16 Premier Liga FC Ufa 2 24
13/14 UEFA Youth League Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA U19 1 7
18/19 EFL Cup Manchester City 1 6

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
16/17 Jupiler League PSV Eindhoven U21 9 7
16/17 Eredivisie PSV Eindhoven 4 12
15/16 Premier Liga FC Ufa 4 24

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
25/26 2026-06-30 Forest Arsenal Return from loan €20.00m
25/26 2025-09-01 Arsenal Forest Loan €20.00m
16/17 2017-06-30 PSV Eindhoven Man City Return from loan €4.50m
16/17 2016-08-26 Man City PSV Eindhoven Loan €4.00m

Last 50 matches for Nottingham Forest The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-04-27 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City Available
2025-03-29 GB1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2025-03-03 GB1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Ipswich Town Available
2024-08-28 CGB Nottingham Forest 3–4 Newcastle United Available
2024-02-28 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Manchester United INJURED Calf problems
2023-08-30 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–1 Burnley FC Available
2023-02-01 CGB Manchester United 2–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2023-01-25 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–3 Manchester United Available
2023-01-11 CGB Nottingham Forest 4–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Available
2022-12-21 CGB Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Nottingham Forest Available
2022-11-09 CGB Nottingham Forest 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Available
2022-08-23 CGB Grimsby Town 0–3 Nottingham Forest Available
2022-03-20 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Liverpool FC Available
2022-03-07 GB1 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Huddersfield Town Available
2021-08-24 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Available
2021-08-11 CGB Nottingham Forest 2–1 Bradford City Available
2020-09-05 CGB Barnsley FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-06-28 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Huddersfield Town Available
2020-06-20 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-03-06 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–3 Millwall FC Available
2020-03-02 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-25 GB2 Cardiff City 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-22 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Available
2020-02-15 GB2 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-11 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Charlton Athletic Available
2020-02-08 GB2 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Leeds United Available
2020-02-01 GB2 Birmingham City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-28 GB2 Brentford FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-22 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Reading FC Available
2020-01-19 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Luton Town Available
2020-01-11 GB2 Reading FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-01 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Available
2019-12-29 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Wigan Athletic Available
2019-12-26 GB2 Hull City 0–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-12-21 GB2 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-12-14 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–4 Sheffield Wednesday Available
2019-12-10 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2019-12-06 GB2 Millwall FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-30 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Cardiff City Available
2019-11-27 GB2 Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-23 GB2 Bristol City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-09 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Derby County Available
2019-11-02 GB2 Luton Town 1–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-10-23 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Hull City Available
2019-10-20 GB2 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-10-05 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Brentford FC Available
2019-10-01 GB2 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-27 GB2 Stoke City 2–3 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-24 CGB Arsenal FC 5–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-21 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Barnsley FC Available

Teams faced most often by Oleksandr Zinchenko's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Chelsea FC 27 13 5 9 42 29 +13 48%
Liverpool FC 24 8 8 8 43 50 -7 33%
Everton FC 22 14 5 3 36 17 +19 64%
Tottenham Hotspur 22 9 5 8 39 33 +6 41%
Southampton FC 22 11 6 5 45 31 +14 50%
Newcastle United 22 16 2 4 44 13 +31 73%
Manchester United 20 9 4 7 31 19 +12 45%
AFC Bournemouth 19 16 1 2 47 14 +33 84%
Crystal Palace 18 10 5 3 34 19 +15 56%
West Ham United 17 11 2 4 37 18 +19 65%
Fulham FC 15 12 2 1 41 12 +29 80%
Watford FC 14 13 1 0 44 8 +36 93%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
13/14 Senior debut season
13/14 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 23 193 2 0 0 0.93
23/24 35 1,725 3 0 0 0.16
22/23 33 2,136 5 0 0 0.21
21/22 28 0 2 0 0 0
20/21 32 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 25 90 0 1 0 1
18/19 29 547 2 0 0 0.33
17/18 14 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 26 851 3 0 0 0.32
13/14 7 595 1 0 0 0.15

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
145 apps
2 G
12 A
Premier Liga
31 apps
2 G
4 A
Champions League
41 apps
1 G
4 A
UEFA Youth League
7 apps
1 G
2 A
EFL Cup
20 apps
1 G
1 A
FA Cup
13 apps
1 G
0 A
Jupiler League
7 apps
0 G
9 A
Eredivisie
12 apps
0 G
4 A

Frequently asked about Oleksandr Zinchenko

Who is Oleksandr Zinchenko?

Oleksandr Zinchenko is an Ukraine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Nottingham Forest.

How old is Oleksandr Zinchenko?

Oleksandr Zinchenko is 29 years old. He was born on December 15, 1996 in Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast.

What position does Oleksandr Zinchenko play?

Oleksandr Zinchenko plays as a left-back (Defender - Left-Back).

What club does Oleksandr Zinchenko play for?

Oleksandr Zinchenko currently plays for Nottingham Forest.

How many career goals has Oleksandr Zinchenko scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Oleksandr Zinchenko has scored 8 goals in 284 appearances.

What is Oleksandr Zinchenko's market value?

Oleksandr Zinchenko's most recent reported market value is €20.00m.