Mykola Matviyenko
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Matviyenko warming up for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Saky, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2][3] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 175 | (14) |
| 2017 | → Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Ukraine U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ukraine U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2016 | Ukraine U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Ukraine U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017– | Ukraine | 82 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025 | |||
Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Матвіє́нко; 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.
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]
International career
His debut in Ukraine national team was in March 2017 against Croatia national team. He was a part of national team in UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024.
Personal life
His older brother Dmytro Matviyenko is also a professional football player.[6] Since 2015 Dmytro plays in the Crimean Premier League.
