Dynamo Kyiv defender Taras Mikhavko, who debuted for the Ukraine national team in a recent World Cup 2026 qualifying match against France (0:4), has entered the top ten youngest defenders in the history of the Ukrainian national team.
Taras Mikhavko played his first match for the Ukraine national team at the age of 20 years and 167 days, which is the seventh-youngest debut.
1. Illya Zabarnyi — 18 years and 36 days (debut — 07.10.2020)
2. Vitaliy Mykolenko — 19 years and 175 days (20.11.2018)
3. Yaroslav Rakitskyi — 20 years and 68 days (10.10.2009)
4. Dmytro Chygrynskiy — 20 years and 92 days (07.02.2007)
5. Vitaliy Fedoriv — 20 years and 108 days (06.02.2008)
6. Oleksandr Koval — 20 years and 131 days (11.09.1994)
7. Taras Mikhavko — 20 years and 167 days (13.11.2025)
8. Serhiy Kryvtsov — 20 years and 175 days (06.09.2011)
9. Oleksandr Yatsenko — 20 years and 230 days (12.10.2005)
10. Bohdan Butko — 20 years and 232 days (02.09.2011).