Eduard Oleksandrovych Sobol (; born 20 April 1995) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for French club

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, and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Sobol was born in

Vilniansk Vilniansk (, ; , ) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine and the administrative center of Vilniansk urban hromada. Population: It was the administrative center of Vilniansk Raion (district) until 2020, when the raion was abolished in acco ...

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast (), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and has a population of The oblast is an import ...

, Ukraine, in a family of the professional footballer Oleksandr Sobol. He is a product of

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...

's youth system. Sobol made his debut for FC Metalurhon on 5 November 2011, against

FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. History The club was formed in 1948 and was previously called ''Kolhospnyk'' (Collective] farmer), ''Avanhard'' (Vanguard) and ''Henera ...

in the

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. In February 2013, Sobol signed a three-year contract with

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the

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final against

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. In January 2023, Sobol joined

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club

on a three-and-a-half-year deal. On 23 January 2024, Sobol returned to Belgium and joined

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on loan with an option to buy.

International career

Sobol was named in the 31-player Ukraine national team squad for the

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match against

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on 5 September 2016. On 17 November 2020, he tested positive for

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whilst on international duty with Ukraine.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

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, 2013–14 *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( ) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003–04 season, the Cup winner qu ...

Ukrainian Super Cup The Ukrainian Super Cup () is an association football game of the Ukrainian Premier League in traditional super cup format that acts as the grand-opening for every new football (soccer), football competition season in Ukraine. Originally it was s ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Slavia Prague *

Czech Cup The Czech Cup (), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association. The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner ...

: 2017–18 Club Brugge *

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual *Top Golden Talent: 2013 (U-19)Финал 2013 года: золотой талант Украины в категории (U-19) – Эдуард Соболь
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sobol, Eduard 1995 births Living people People from Vilniansk Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Oblast Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Ukraine men's international footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Czech First League players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Metalurh Donetsk players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Zorya Luhansk players SK Slavia Prague players FK Jablonec players Club Brugge KV players RC Strasbourg Alsace players K.R.C. Genk players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France