Ukrainian defender of Bournemouth, Ilya Zabarny, played against Crystal Palace (0:0) yesterday in the 17th round of the English championship, bringing his total number of matches in the elite English division to 60.
This allowed the 22-year-old footballer to enter the top five best Ukrainian footballers by the number of matches in the EPL. By this measure, Zabarny surpassed Sergey Rebrov, who has 59 such matches behind him. Moreover, it seems that very soon the Bournemouth defender will manage to displace Andriy Yarmolenko, who is currently in fourth place in this ranking with 66 matches to his name.
TOP-10 Ukrainian footballers by the number of matches in the EPL
1. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City, Arsenal) — 136 matches
2. Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton) — 90
3. Oleg Luzhnyi (Arsenal, Wolverhampton) — 81
4. Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham) — 66
5. Ilya Zabarny (Bournemouth) — 60
6. Sergey Rebrov (Tottenham) — 59
7. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) — 53
8. Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea) — 48
9. Yegor Yarmolyuk (Brentford) — 39
10. Andriy Voronin (Liverpool) — 27
11. Oleksiy Cherednyk (Southampton) — 23
12. Oleksandr Yevtushok (Coventry) — 3.