Oleksandr Zinchenko is the youngest captain of the Ukrainian national team in official matches and the third in history
For the opening match of the World Cup selection 2022 with team of France with the captain's armband of the national team of Ukraine first brought by Alexander Zinchenko, who became the youngest captain of our national team in history - 24 years and 99 days.
However, this only applies to matches of official tournaments, because in the friendly games in 1993 the national team of Ukraine had two 22-year-old captains - Serhiy Diryavka and Serhiy Bezhenar (both from Dnipro). Zinchenko is the third in the general rating of young captains of our national team.
Until March 24, 2021, the youngest captain of the national team of Ukraine was Anatoliy Tymoschuk, who held the leadership since September 2004 - for almost 17 years. Before him, Oleg Luzhny headed this rating for almost 10 years.
In total, 29 football players were brought to the field with the captain's armband of the Ukrainian national team. Record holder - Andriy Shevchenko (58 matches). And in official tournaments 16 football players did it. The record holder is also Andriy Shevchenko (35 matches).
The youngest captains of the national team of Ukraine
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Official tournaments |
With friendly matches |
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Player |
date |
Age |
Player |
date |
Age |
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Oleksandr ZINCHENKO |
24.03.2021 |
24 years 99 days |
Sergey DIRYAVKA |
27.04.1993 |
22 years 9 days |
|
Anatolii Tymoshchuk |
08.09.2004 |
25 years 162 days |
Sergey BEZHENAR |
18.05.1993 |
22 years 282 days |
|
Yevhen KONOPLYANKA |
14.11.2015 |
26 years 45 days |
Oleksandr ZINCHENKO |
24.03.2021 |
24 years 99 days |
|
Oleg Luzhnyi |
12.10.1994 |
26 years 67 days |
Anatolii Tymoshchuk |
29.04.2004 |
25 years 30 days |
|
Andrii SHEVCHENKO |
29.03.2003 |
26 years 180 days |
Andriy RUSOL |
01.06.2008 |
25 years 136 days |
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