![]() Zabarnyi with Bournemouth in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Illia Borysovych Zabarnyi | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 1 September 2002||
Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2019 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Dynamo Kyiv | 50 | (1) |
2023–2025 | Bournemouth | 78 | (1) |
2025– | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Ukraine U15 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Ukraine U16 | 12 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Ukraine U17 | 14 | (2) |
2020 | Ukraine U21 | 2 | (1) |
2020– | Ukraine | 49 | (3) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:55, 30 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 |
Illia Borysovych Zabarnyi [2] (also spelled Illya Zabarnyi; Ukrainian : Ілля Борисович Забарний; born 1 September 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Ukraine national team.
Zabarnyi is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school from his native city Kyiv. His first trainers were Serhiy Bezhenar and Artem Yashkin. [3] [4] He played for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves before being promoted to the senior team in July 2019. Zabarnyi made Ukrainian Premier League debut on 11 September 2020 in a draw against Desna Chernihiv. [5]
On 31 January 2023, Zabarnyi signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League club AFC Bournemouth. [6] [7] He made his debut for the club on 4 April 2023, in a 2–0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion. [8] His first goal for the club came on 13 March 2024, in a 4–3 win against Luton Town. [9]
On 21 July 2024, he extended his contract with Bournemouth for another five years until 2029. [10] On 22 February 2025, Zabarnyi was shown a straight red card for the dangerous tackle he made on Rayan Aït-Nouri after the referee Michael Salisbury viewed the VAR monitor. In his absence, Bournemouth would suffer a 1–0 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. [11]
On 12 August 2025, Zabarnyi made a permanent move to reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year deal, becoming the club's first-ever Ukrainian player. [12] [13] He made his debut for the club on 17 August 2025, in a 1–0 win against Nantes. [14]
On 7 October 2020, Zabarnyi debuted for the Ukraine national team in a friendly match against France. [15] [16] At UEFA Euro 2020, he was a part of the Ukrainian team that reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time. [17]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2020–21 [18] | Ukrainian Premier League | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 [c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
2021–22 [18] | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 [d] | 0 | 1 [e] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
2022–23 [18] | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 [f] | 0 | 1 [e] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
Total | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 1 | |||
Bournemouth | 2022–23 [19] | Premier League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
2023–24 [20] | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 1 | ||||
2024–25 [21] | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
Total | 78 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 86 | 1 | ||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2025–26 [22] | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 130 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ukraine | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
2021 | 14 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 8 | 1 | |
2024 | 13 | 0 | |
2025 | 4 | 2 | |
Total | 49 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 June 2023 | Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia | 26 | ![]() | 1–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
2 | 20 March 2025 | Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain | 46 | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs |
3 | 7 June 2025 | BMO Field, Toronto, Canada | 48 | ![]() | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2025 Canadian Shield |
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