Eduard Sobol
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 Sobol in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduard Oleksandrovych Sobol | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 1995[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Vilniansk, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jablonec | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 3 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 23 | (2) |
| 2013–2021 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 14 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Metalurh Donetsk (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Metalist Kharkiv (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Slavia Prague (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Jablonec (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | → Club Brugge (loan) | 56 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Club Brugge | 37 | (2) |
| 2023–2026 | Strasbourg | 28 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Genk (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2026– | Jablonec | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Ukraine U16 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Ukraine U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Ukraine U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Ukraine U19 | 15 | (0) |
| 2012 | Ukraine U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Ukraine | 29 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2023 | |||
Eduard Oleksandrovych Sobol (Ukrainian: Едуард Олекса́ндрович Со́боль; born 20 April 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Czech club Jablonec, and the Ukraine national team.
Sobol was born in Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, in a family of the professional footballer Oleksandr Sobol. He is a product of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia's youth system. Sobol made his debut for FC Metalurhon on 5 November 2011, against FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn in the Ukrainian First League.[2]
In February 2013, Sobol signed a three-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk.[3]
On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against FK Jablonec.[4]
On 4 July 2019, Sobol joined Club Brugge on loan.[5] On 24 October 2022, Sobol signed a three year contract extension with the club.[6] He left Club Brugge after playing over 120 matches for the club.[7]
In January 2023, Sobol joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[8]
On 23 January 2024, Sobol returned to Belgium and joined Genk on loan with an option to buy.[9]
On 15 January 2026, Sobol returned to the Czech Republic and signed a contract with FK Jablonec until 30 June 2027.[10]
International career
Sobol was named in the 31-player Ukraine national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland on 5 September 2016.[11]
On 17 November 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19 whilst on international duty with Ukraine.[12]
On 1 June 2021, Sobol was called up to the Ukraine squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020.[13]
