Biography
Alexander Zinchenko - Ukrainian footballer, which is now a multifunctional member of the national team and the defender of the Higher Division of England, playing the Manchester City Club. In his homeland, he is one of the best team players, just once justifying the confidence of fans.Childhood and youth
Alexander Vladimirovich Zinchenko appeared on December 15, 1996 in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr region and the first steps in football did under the guidance of his father.
In 2004, Vladimir Nikolayevich Zinchenko, in the past player of the teams "Tavria", "Neftekhimik" and "shipbuilder", gave his son to a children's youth sports school, where Sasha began to play for the Karpathian youth club.
There, under the leadership of Sergey Vladimirovich, a Boretsky boy demonstrated spectacular and productive actions in the attack and became a multiple prize-winner of national competitions, so a long-scale trainer who has noticed the talent and efforts of a teenager, organized his transition to the team of another rank, which at that time was Ilchevsky "Monolith".
In 2010, the 16-year-old Zinchenko was interested in Mentors of the Donetsk Shakhtar, where he successfully performed with the captain's bandage throughout all regular and friendly games. And then Alexander, whose growth reached 175 cm, and the weight - 65 kg, began to invite to the Ukrainian national team of Ukraine, and in 7 matches he distinguished himself in the transmissions and scored a goal.
Such a debut was interested in the management of the clubs of the Russian League, including the Kazan "Ruby", but at that time the agents of the footballer did not agree to the proposed conditions, and before the beginning of the adult career Zinchenko had to take a break.
Club Career
Professional Football Biography Zinchenko began in February 2015, after he signed a contract with Ufa. In the debut match, the chosen club with a score of 0: 2 lost to rivals from Krasnodar, despite the fact that the newcomer for 45 minutes sought to attack and pleased the coaches with a mature game.Thanks to this, in the 2016/2017 season, the footballer was offered to perform in the Russian national team, but he did not want to change citizenship. Therefore, by writing to your account 2 goals in the club championship, in pursuit of glory and salaries Zinchenko moved to Manchester City, but never went to the field and was leased to the Dutch PSV.
After a long expectation, a return to Manchester City was held, where Zinchenko put every effort to get into the main structure of the British. In October 2017, appearing in the 1/8 finals of the Cup of the National Football League Cup, he received high marks from the coaches of the Gorozhaba.
In the future, the Ukrainian was released on replacement in the passing fights, but he could not open the scored goal. Despite this, by taking part in more than 5 Games "Manchester City", Alexander still received the Gold Medal of the Club Championship and, becoming the winner of the Football League Cup, laid hopes for the next season.
In January 2019, Zinchenko scored the first goal for the English team in the 1/2 Final of the League Cup, spectacular shock by sending the ball into the goal of Golucker Burton Albion. Then three productive programs appeared in his assets that brought "Manchester City" victory over Chelsea with a crushing score 6: 0.
For this, the Ukrainian defender was awarded the title of the best player of the Gorozhaba of February and recognized the most useful participant in the Football League Cup final match, and in June, it became known that Alexander and the Manchester City Club Guide entered into a new 5-year-old contract with a salary of 360 thousand. pounds per month.
This news, along with the title of champion and owner of the most important Cup Trophy of England, was instantly published in the Ukrainian social networks.
National team of Ukraine
Zinchenko made his debut in the Ukrainian team in the Qualification Round as part of Euro 2016. In the match against Spain, the athlete got a chance to show his abilities on the 88th minute. His name at that time hit the list of the youngest players of the national team.
His behavior on the field was appreciated by the head coach Mikhal Fomenko. As a result, Alexander fell into a final application for the championship. On a friendly match with Romania, the midfielder was marked by a scored ball, which automatically made it the most young author of the goal (before that, the record belonged to Alexander Shevchenko).
Personal life
Sinchenko's personal life for a long time remained secret for seven seals, but then for some reason he decided to get out of the shadows. To begin, the football player in front of the cameras kissed the Ukrainian journalist brave, and then it turned out that it was his Girl Vlad Sedan.The couple did not hide a romantic relationship: in August 2020 it became known that Vlad and Alexander became her husband and his wife. The celebration was timed to the Day of Independence of Ukraine.
The athlete often publishes personal photos in Instagram, sharing with fans of the details of a career and personal life. From there, fans learned about the soon replenishment in the family of a football player - in June 2021 he put a picture with a pregnant wife.
With a congratulatory comment to the post noted by his comrade in the club Kevin de Brown. By the way, Manchester City players are often called brothers because of the external similarity.
Alexander Zinchenko now
2021 marked for a football player with new records. In March, he tried to the Captain Bandage, heading the team in the outbound match of the qualifying tournament against France (within the framework of the World Cup 2022). This made him the youngest captain in the history of the national team of Ukraine in official tournaments. Prior to this, the title remained for almost 17 years for Anatoly Tymoschuk.
On the first day of the summer, it became known that Zinchenko came to the official application for Euro-2020. By the way, this time the national team of Ukraine managed to get out in the playoffs of the championship. And it was Alexander who became the author of the first goal at this stage, scoring the ball into the goal of Sweden. This fact did Havbek the best player of the match.
Awards and achievements
- 2018, 2019 - Champion of England
- 2019 - England Cup winner
- 2018, 2019 - Football League Cup Winner
- 2019 - winner of the Super Cup of England