# Mykola Matviyenko

Mykola Oleksandrovych Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Матвіє́нко; born 2 May 1996) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.

## Career

Matvienko was born in Saky, AR Crimea, Ukraine. He is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school and signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League club in 2013.
He played three years for the Shakhtar Donetsk youth team in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves Championship and in summer 2015 was promoted to the main-squad team in the Ukrainian Premier League. He made his debut for FC Shakhtar in a match against FC Chornomorets Odesa on 3 October 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.
On 21 March 2023, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that Matviyenko had signed a new contract with the club until 31 December 2027.

## International career

His debut in Ukraine national team was on March 2017 against Croatia national team. He was a part of national team in UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024.

## Personal life

His older brother Dmytro Matviyenko is also a professional football player. Since 2015 Dmytro plays in the Crimean Premier League.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 11 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 28 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 5 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Total | Total | 152 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 227 | 16 |
| Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 |
| Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 182 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 17 |
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of match played 26 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Ukraine | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2021 | 17 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 68 | 0 |

## Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk
* Ukrainian Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
* Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24
* Ukrainian Super Cup: 2021