Zabarnyi needed just three appearances to enter the TOP-3 Ukrainians in terms of matches played in the EPL in the 2024/25 season

Ukrainian defender of Bournemouth Ilya Zabarnyi continued to be a key player for his team in the recently concluded season and ultimately increased his number of matches played in the English Premier League to 78.

Ilya Zabarnyi

As a result, the 22-year-old footballer was just three steps away from entering the top three best Ukrainian footballers by the number of matches played in the EPL. Over the course of the season, Zabarnyi surpassed four players—Andriy Shevchenko, Mykhailo Mudryk, Serhiy Rebrov, and Andriy Yarmolenko—in this regard.

TOP-10 Ukrainian footballers by the number of matches played in the EPL as of the end of the 2024/25 season

1. Oleksandr Zinchenko (“Manchester City”, “Arsenal”)—145 matches

2. Vitalii Mykolenko (“Everton”)—110

3. Oleg Luzhnyi (“Arsenal”, “Wolverhampton”)—81

4. Ilya Zabarnyi (“Bournemouth”)—78

5. Andriy Yarmolenko (“West Ham”)—66

6. Serhiy Rebrov (“Tottenham”)—59

7. Yehor Yarmolyuk (“Brentford”)—58

8. Mykhailo Mudryk (“Chelsea”)—53

9. Andriy Shevchenko (“Chelsea”)—48

10. Andriy Voronin (“Liverpool”)—27

11. Oleksiy Cherednyk (“Southampton”)—23

12. Oleksandr Yevtushok (“Coventry”)—3.