Mykola Matviyenko

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

Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Матвіє́нко; born 2 May 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.

Mykola Matviyenko

Matviyenko warming up for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko
Date of birth	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Saky, Ukraine
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2][3]
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	22
Youth career
2009–2015	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Shakhtar Donetsk	159	(14)
2017	→ Karpaty Lviv (loan)	14	(1)
2017	→ Vorskla Poltava (loan)	16	(0)
International career‡
2013	Ukraine U18	6	(0)
2014–2015	Ukraine U19	16	(0)
2016	Ukraine U20	1	(0)
2016–2017	Ukraine U21	6	(0)
2017–	Ukraine	77	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2025

Club career

Matvienko was born in Saky, AR Crimea, Ukraine. He is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school and signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League club in 2013.

He played three years for the Shakhtar Donetsk youth team in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves Championship and in summer 2015 was promoted to the main-squad team in the Ukrainian Premier League. He made his debut for FC Shakhtar in a match against FC Chornomorets Odesa on 3 October 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.^[4]

On 21 March 2023, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that Matviyenko had signed a new contract with the club until 31 December 2027.^[5]

International career

His debut in Ukraine national team was on March 2017 against Croatia national team. He was a part of national team in UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024.

Personal life

His older brother Dmytro Matviyenko is also a professional football player.^[6] Since 2015 Dmytro plays in the Crimean Premier League.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 August 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk	2015–16	Ukrainian Premier League	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2016–17	Ukrainian Premier League	0	0	1	0	2[a]	0	0	0	3	0
	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2018–19	Ukrainian Premier League	18	3	3	0	6[b]	0	0	0	27	3
	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	26	1	1	0	12[c]	0	0	0	39	1
	2020–21	Ukrainian Premier League	20	1	0	0	8[d]	0	1[e]	0	29	1
	2021–22	Ukrainian Premier League	14	1	0	0	8[f]	0	1[e]	0	23	1
	2022–23	Ukrainian Premier League	28	2	—		10[g]	0	—		38	2
	2023–24	Ukrainian Premier League	23	3	2	0	7[h]	2	—		32	5
	2024–25	Ukrainian Premier League	22	3	3	0	8[f]	0	—		33	3
	2025–26	Ukrainian Premier League	3	0	0	0	7[i]	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		159	14	15	0	68	2	2	0	244	16
Karpaty Lviv (loan)	2016–17	Ukrainian Premier League	14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
Vorskla Poltava (loan)	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	16	0	3	0	—		—		19	0
Career total			189	15	18	0	68	2	2	0	277	17

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
3. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
7. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
8. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
9. Five appearances in the UEFA Europa League, two appearances in the UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 7 June 2025^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ukraine	2017	7	0
	2018	9	0
	2019	10	0
	2020	4	0
	2021	17	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	7	0
	2024	13	0
	2025	3	0
Total		77	0

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24, 2024–25^[8]
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2021