Zhyhankov played a jubilee match for the Ukraine national team

The match against Canada (2:4) was the 60th for 27-year-old midfielder Viktor Zhyhankov in the ranks of the Ukraine national team.

Photo: UAF

He became the 21st player to reach this milestone. In 43 matches, Zhyhankov represented the main team of the country «Dynamo», in 17 — the Spanish «Girona». Viktor appeared on the field 19 times in European championships, 16 — in the Nations League and in friendly matches, 8 — in World Cup championships, and 1 — in international tournaments. In 30 games Zhyhankov was selected by Andriy Shevchenko, in 16 — Serhiy Rebrov, in 13 — Oleksandr Petrakov, and in 1 — Ruslan Rotan.

Viktor reached the milestone of "60" after 8 years and 207 days since his debut for the national team, which took place on November 12, 2016, in a home match between Ukrainians and Finland in the World Cup qualifying tournament (1:0).

By the way, the game against Canada was also a jubilee match for Anatoliy Trubin, who played his 20th match for the national team.

Jubilee matches of Viktor Zhyhankov for the Ukraine national team

WC — World Cup qualifying tournament; EURO — final tournament of the European Championship; EUROv — qualifying tournament of the European Championship; NL — Nations League; MT — international tournament.