Ivan Varfolomeyev
Ukrainian footballer (born 2004)
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Ivan Varfolomeyev (Ukrainian: Іван Олександрович Варфоломєєв; born 24 March 2004) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL League One club Lincoln City.[2]
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Ivan Varfolomeyev playing for Rukh Lviv U-19 in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivan Oleksandrovych Varfolomeyev | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Simferopol, AR Crimea, Ukraine[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
| 2014–2020 | Karpaty Lviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Rukh Lviv | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Slovan Liberec | 51 | (2) |
| 2025– | Lincoln City | 31 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Ukraine U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Ukraine U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | Ukraine U21 | 14 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:13, 25 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:01, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Simferopol, Varfolomeyev is a product of the SC Tavriya Simferopol, where his first trainers were Andriy Cheremysin and Vitaliy Ponomaryov, and Karpaty Lviv youth sportive systems.[3]
In September 2020, he transferred to Rukh Lviv and made his Ukrainian Premier League debut as a second-half substitute against Shakhtar Donetsk on 21 February 2021.[4]
Varfolomeyev joined Czech First League club Slovan Liberec in June 2022.[5] In January 2025, he signed a new contract until the summer of 2028.[6]
On 21 August 2025, Varfolomeyev joined English League One club Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be for £350,000 which would surpass the club's previous record fee paid for John Akinde in 2018.[7] He agreed a four-year contract with The Imps, with Slovan Liberec confirming they retained a large share in his next transfer.[8][9] He made his debut for Lincoln City in the EFL Cup starting the game against Burton Albion on the 26 August 2025.[10] The following game he would make his League One debut coming off the bench in a 1–1 draw against Mansfield Town.[11] He scored his first goal for Lincoln on 17 February 2026, scoring from 25 yards against Northampton Town.[12] He was voted Lincoln City's young player of the season following the end of his debut season.[13]
Career statistics
- As of end of 2025–26 season
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rukh Lviv | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Slovan Liberec | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | Czech First League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Czech First League | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | Czech First League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 4 | ||
| Lincoln City | 2025–26[14] | EFL League One | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Career total | 84 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 102 | 5 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
Lincoln City
