Viktor Vitaliiovych Tsyhankov (; born 15 November 1997) is a professional

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who plays as an

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or winger for

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club

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. Born in Israel, he represents the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Born in

Nahariya Nahariya () is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. As of , the city had a population of . The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton River, Ga'aton (riv ...

, Israel, where his father Vitalii Tsygankov played as a footballer, Tsygankov moved to Ukraine when he was very young. Tsygankov is a product of the

Nyva Vinnytsia FC Nyva Vinnytsia is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Vinnytsia. The name "Nyva" translates to "grain field". The club was originally created in 1958 in the Soviet Union and folded in 2005 and 2012, but was reformed ag ...

and

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

academy systems. His first coach was Mykola Zahoruyko. He made his debut in the

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for Dynamo on 14 August 2016 against

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. During the 2018–19 season Tsyhankov was recognized as a player of the month in the Ukrainian Premier League on three occasions—March 2018, December 2018, and April 2019.

Girona

On 17 January 2023, Tsygankov joined

side

, signing a contract until June 2027 with the Spanish club. The transfer reportedly commanded a €5 million fee, with a 50% sell-on clause in favour of Dynamo Kyiv.

International career

Tsyhankov got his first call-up to the senior

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side for

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qualifiers against

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and

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in October 2016 but did not appear in either match. He made his senior debut in Ukraine's World Cup qualifying match against

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the following November, coming on in the 83rd minute. In June 2021, he is on the list of 26 players summoned by

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to compete for the

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. In May 2024, he was on the list of 26 players summoned by

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for the

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Personal life

He is married to Romana Prokopovych. He has a son.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tsyhankov goal.''

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

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: 2019–20,

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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Individual * Top Golden talent: 2016 (U-19), 2017 (U-21), 2018 (U-21) *

Ukrainian Footballer of the Year The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual poll carried out by the ''Ukrainskiy Football'' ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper. The poll is conducted among sports journalists, footballers, football managers and other people connected with footb ...

: 2018 *

Player of the Year: 2018–19 * Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year: 2020 *

player of the Month: 2017–18 (March), 2018–19 (December), 2018–19 (April)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsyhankov, Viktor 1997 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers Footballers from Nahariya Men's association football midfielders Ukraine men's international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen UEFA Euro 2020 players UEFA Euro 2024 players Ukrainian Premier League players La Liga players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Girona FC players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain