Ukraine national team defenders: Mykolenko's anniversary and steps forward for Zabarniy and Malynovskyi
After the victorious October matches of Ukraine's national team against Iceland (5:3) and Azerbaijan (2:1) in the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament, changes occurred at the top of the historical table of our national team's guards.
Photo: Dan Balashov
After the victorious October matches for Ukraine's national team against Iceland (5:3) and Azerbaijan (2:1), there were changes at the top of our national team's historic table.
Vitaliy Mykolenko's 50th match for the national team was a bit gloomy, as he scored an own goal in the game against Azerbaijan. In the defender rankings of England’s «Everton», he has caught up with Artem Milevsky, who shares the 32nd position with him.
Ilya Zabarnyi now has 53 matches for the national team, which allows him to share the 28th place by this indicator with Artem Fedetsky.
Ruslan Malinovskiy currently has 68 encounters in his record, and he shares the 14th position with Andriy Vorobey.
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