Illia Zabarnyi

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borysovych and the family name is Zabarnyi.

Illia Borysovych Zabarnyi^[2] (also spelled Illya Zabarnyi; Ukrainian: Ілля Борисович Забарний; born 1 September 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Ukraine national team.

Illia Zabarnyi

Zabarnyi with Bournemouth in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Illia Borysovych Zabarnyi
Date of birth	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	6
Youth career
2015–2019	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2023	Dynamo Kyiv	50	(1)
2023–2025	Bournemouth	78	(1)
2025–	Paris Saint-Germain	1	(0)
International career‡
2017	Ukraine U15	2	(0)
2017–2018	Ukraine U16	12	(0)
2018–2019	Ukraine U17	14	(2)
2020	Ukraine U21	2	(1)
2020–	Ukraine	49	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:00, 17 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Zabarnyi is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school from his native city Kyiv. His first trainers were Serhiy Bezhenar and Artem Yashkin.^[3][4] He played for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves before being promoted to the senior team in July 2019. Zabarnyi made Ukrainian Premier League debut on 11 September 2020 in a draw against Desna Chernihiv.^[5]

AFC Bournemouth

On 31 January 2023, Zabarnyi signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.^[6][7] He made his debut for the club on 4 April 2023, in a 2–0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.^[8] His first goal for the club came on 13 March 2024, in a 4–3 win against Luton Town.^[9]

On 21 July 2024, he extended his contract with Bournemouth for another five years until 2029.^[10] On 22 February 2025, Zabarnyi was shown a straight red card for the dangerous tackle he made on Rayan Aït-Nouri after the referee Michael Salisbury viewed the VAR monitor. In his absence, Bournemouth would suffer a 1–0 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[11]

Paris Saint-Germain

On 12 August 2025, Zabarnyi made a permanent move to reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year deal, becoming the club's first-ever Ukrainian player.^[12][13] He made his debut for the club on 17 August 2025, in a 1–0 win against Nantes.^[14]

International career

On 7 October 2020, Zabarnyi debuted for the Ukraine national team in a friendly match against France.^[15][16] At UEFA Euro 2020, he was a part of the Ukrainian team that reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time.^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo Kyiv	2020–21[18]	Ukrainian Premier League	21	1	2	0	—		13[c]	0	0	0	36	1
	2021–22[18]		15	0	1	0	—		6[d]	0	1[e]	0	23	0
	2022–23[18]		14	0	0	0	—		11[f]	0	1[e]	0	26	0
	Total		50	1	3	0	—		30	0	2	0	85	1
Bournemouth	2022–23[19]	Premier League	5	0	—		—		—		—		5	0
	2023–24[20]		37	1	3	0	2	0	—		—		42	1
	2024–25[21]		36	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		39	0
	Total		78	1	6	0	2	0	—		—		86	1
Paris Saint-Germain	2025–26[22]	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			129	2	9	0	2	0	30	0	2	0	172	2

1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
6. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 10 June 2025^[23]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ukraine	2020	4	0
	2021	14	0
	2022	6	0
	2023	8	1
	2024	13	0
	2025	4	2
Total		49	3

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zabarnyi goal.^[23]

List of international goals scored by Illia Zabarnyi

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 June 2023	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	26	North Macedonia	1–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2	20 March 2025	Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain	46	Belgium	3–1	3–1	2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs
3	7 June 2025	BMO Field, Toronto, Canada	48	Canada	1–4	2–4	2025 Canadian Shield

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2020–21
• Ukrainian Cup: 2020–21
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2020

Individual

• Golden talent of Ukraine: 2020 (U-19), 2021 (U-19)
• Ukrainian Premier League player of the Month: April 2021
• AFC Bournemouth Supporters' Player of the Season: 2023–24^[24]