At just 17 years old, Kirill has long been a player in the Kharkov team’s core team, and is also called up to the Ukrainian U-19 national team
16 year old defender Metalist and the national team Ukraine U-19 Kirill Digtyar included in the list of the top 60 most talented young football players in the world according to The Guardian.
In category Next Generation 2024 The British publication identified the best football players who were born in 2007.
The Ukrainian’s company in this ranking included, among others, two Barcelona super-talents Lamin Yamal and Pau Kubarsi, as well as Palmeiras forward Estevao Willian, who has already been bought by London’s Chelsea.
Let us remember that three years ago, Ukrainian Egor Yarmolyuk was included in a similar top list from The Guardian for football players born in 2004.
Last spring, Digtyar became the youngest football player in the history of the UPL. Digtyar entered the match between Metalist and Dnepr-1 (0:5) at the age of 15 years and 159 days. In March 2024, it was reported that Manchester United was following the young football player. There was also information about Shakhtar’s interest in the Kharkiv resident.
Kirill previously performed productively as a member of the U-17 national team (14 matches, 1 goal, was the team captain at Euro 2024), and is now involved in the games of the Ukrainian U-19 national team – he came on as a substitute in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 against France ( 0:1).
In September, Digtyar was declared on the reserve list of the national team, which is preparing for the qualification of Euro 2025 (U-19). According to the results of the draw for the first stage of the competition, Ukrainian youth were in Group 1 along with the Netherlands, Slovenia and Kazakhstan. The mini-tournament will be held in the Netherlands, and the matches will take place on November 13, 16 and 19.
For Metalist Digtyar, who will turn 17 on November 25, managed to play 32 matches, score two goals and give five assists. This season, the versatile footballer (can play in the center of defense, as well as cover any position on the left flank) has appeared on the field in nine matches.
The Kharkiv team, having won four victories in the last five matches, occupy a confident 4th place in Group A of the First League, which gives them the right to fight for promotion in the second part of the season.
Source: Sportarena
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