Oleksandr Drambayev
Ukrainian footballer
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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Drambayev (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Драмбаєв; born 21 April 2001) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ukrainian club LNZ Cherkasy.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Drambayev | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LNZ Cherkasy | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ||
| 2018–2020 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Mariupol (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Osijek (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 16 | (1) |
| 2025– | LNZ Cherkasy | 32 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Ukraine U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Ukraine U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Ukraine U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2024 | Ukraine U23 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2024 | |||
Career
Born in Zaporizhzhia, Drambayev began his career in the local Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy, until his transfer to the Shakhtar Donetsk academy in 2018.[2]
He played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and never made his debut for the senior Shakhtar Donetsk squad. In January 2021 Drambayev signed a half-year loan contract with Ukrainian Premier League side Mariupol and made the debut for the team as a second half-time substitution player in a losing home match against Oleksandriya on 14 February 2021.[3]
For the 2022–23 season, Drambayev was loaned to Zulte Waregem in Belgium.[4]
2023-24: He was Loaned out to NK Osijek in the Croatian League.
Following the 2024–25 season, Drambayev signed a four-year contract with Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[5]
International career
In May 2024, Drambayev was called up by Ruslan Rotan to the Ukraine Olympic football team squad to play at the 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament in France.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 October 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mariupol (loan) | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Zulte Waregem (loan) | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Osijek (loan) | 2023–24 | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Career total | 55 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
