Ukrainian footballer
Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Микола Олександрович Матвієнко; 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.
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]
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 12 March 2024
- ^ Appearance(s) 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
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
International
- As of 21 June 2024[7]
Honours
Shakhtar
References
- ^ UEFA.com. "Mykola Matviyenko | Ukraine | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mykola Matviyenko.
- Mykola Matviyenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Mykola Matviyenko at Soccerway
