Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Safronov (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Сафронов; born 11 June 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Zalaegerszeg.
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Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Safronov | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 23) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Zalaegerszeg | |||||||||||||||
Number | 33 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
201?–2015 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | |||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Dnipro | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Dnipro-1 | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018 | → Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020 | → Levadia Tallinn (loan) | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Desna Chernihiv | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022 | → Nafta 1903 (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Zalaegerszeg | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Ukraine U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Ukraine U19 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Ukraine U20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2021 |
Safronov is a product of the FC Metalurh Zaporizhia and the FC Dnipro academy systems.[1] In March 2017, he was promoted to the senior squad of FC Dnipro but never made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League.[citation needed]
In June 2017, Safronov joined the newly-created Dnipro-1. He made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute in a Ukrainian Second League match against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv on 15 July.[citation needed] In January 2020, he moved on loan to Meistriliiga club Levadia Tallinn, where he played 8 games and scored 2 goal in the 2020 season.[2]
Following his stint in Estonia, Safronov returned to Dnipro-1 in Ukraine.[3]
On 14 July 2021 he signed a two-year contract with Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.[4] On 25 July, he made his league debut against Chornomorets Odesa at the Stadion Yuri Gagarin.[5]
On 26 March 2022, Safronov moved on loan to Slovenian club Nafta 1903. On 18 April, he made his debut against Ilirija.[6]
On 10 June 2022 he signed a two-year contract with Zalaegerszeg in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[7]
On 15 June 2019, Safronov won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ukraine under-20 national team.[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dnipro | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dnipro-1 | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Second League | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (loan) | 2018–19 | Ukrainian First League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Levadia Tallinn (loan) | 2020 | Meistriliiga | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Desna Chernihiv | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Nafta 1903 (loan) | 2021–22 | Slovenian Second League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Zalaegerszeg | 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Career total | 663!3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 |
Zalaegerszegi TE – current squad | |
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