It took the Ukrainian national team defender 38 matches to score his first goal
March 13, defender of the Ukrainian national team Ilya Zabarny took a direct part in one of the the most exciting matches of the championship England. Bournemouth Ukrainian, losing after the first half to Luton – 0:3, achieved a super-willful victory – 4:3. Zabarny in the 62nd minute of the match, joining the attack, made the score 2:3, scoring his first goal for Bournemouth and his first in the Premier League.
It took Zabarny 38 matches for his first effective action, and Ilya himself became the eighth Ukrainian to score in the English Premier League. The leader in goals in the Premier League is the current coach of the Ukrainian national team, Sergei Rebrov, who scored 10 goals. The new UAF President Andrey Shevchenko has nine goals.
- Sergey Rebrov – 10
- Andrey Shevchenko – 9
- Andrey Yarmolenko – 8
- Andrey Voronin – 5
- Mikhail Mudrik – 4
- Vitaly Mykolenko – 3
- Alexander Zinchenko – 2
- Ilya Zabarny – 1
If we talk about all the goals for English clubs, then Shevchenko is ahead of Rebrov – 22 goals against 18. Andrei Yarmolenko closes the top three with 13 goals.
| Player | Team | Matches | Goals | Transfers |
| Andrey Shevchenko | Chelsea | 77 | 22 | 12 |
| Sergey Rebrov | Tottenham/West Ham | 104 | 18 | 4 |
| Andrey Yarmolenko | West Ham | 86 | 13 | 7 |
| Andrey Voronin | Liverpool | 40 | 6 | 5 |
| Mikhail Mudrik | Chelsea | 46 | 6 | 5 |
| Alexander Zinchenko | Manchester City/Arsenal | 190 | 4 | 16 |
| Vitaly Mykolenko | Everton | 80 | 3 | 0 |
| Ilya Zabarny | Bournemouth | 38 | 1 | — |
| Oleg Luzhny | Arsenal/Wolverhampton | 220 | — | 5 |
| Alexey Cherednik | Southampton | 25 | — | — |
| Egor Yarmolyuk | Brentford | 18 | — | — |
| Nazariy Rusin | Sunderland | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Alexander Evtushok | Coventry | 3 | — | — |
Source: Sportarena
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