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This is a list of the most expensive football transfer fees paid in Ukraine.
Rank | Year | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
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1 | 2007 | Nery Castillo | ![]() | Olympiacos | Shakhtar Donetsk | $30M [1] |
2 | 2010 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | ![]() | Barcelona | Shakhtar Donetsk | $25.7M |
3 | 2007 | Willian | ![]() | Corinthians | Shakhtar Donetsk | $19.6M |
4 | 2004 | Matuzalém | ![]() | Brescia | Shakhtar Donetsk | $18.75M [1] |
5 | 2007 | Ilsinho | ![]() | São Paulo | Shakhtar Donetsk | $14M [1] |
6 | 2008 | Marcelo Martins | ![]() | Cruzeiro | Shakhtar Donetsk | $11.7M |
7 | 2007 | Cristiano Lucarelli | ![]() | Livorno | Shakhtar Donetsk | $11.2M [1] |
8 | 2005 | Fernandinho | ![]() | Atlético Paranaense | Shakhtar Donetsk | $10M [1] |
9 | 2005 | Elano | ![]() | Santos | Shakhtar Donetsk | $10M [1] |
10 | 2007 | Pape Diakhaté | ![]() | Nancy | Dynamo Kyiv | $9.8M [1] |
11 | 2007 | Ismaël Bangoura | ![]() | Le Mans | Dynamo Kyiv | $8.4M [1] |
Rank | Year | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
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1 | 2023 | Mykhailo Mudryk | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Chelsea | $75.84M [2] |
2 | 2013 | Willian | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Anzhi Makhachkala | $47.94M [3] |
3 | 2013 | Fernandinho | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Manchester City | $43.875M [1] |
4 | 2009 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Barcelona | $35.7M [4] |
5 | 2013 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Borussia Dortmund | €27.5m [5] |
6 | 1999 | Andriy Shevchenko | ![]() | Dynamo Kyiv | Milan | $25M [1] |
7 | 2007 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Zenit Saint Petersburg | $20M [1] |
8 | 2000 | Serhii Rebrov | ![]() | Dynamo Kyiv | Tottenham Hotspur | $18M [1] |
9 | 2007 | Elano | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Manchester City | $17.9M [6] |
10 | 2007 | Matuzalém | ![]() | Shakhtar Donetsk | Real Zaragoza | $15.9M [7] |
11 | 2009 | Ismaël Bangoura | ![]() | Dynamo Kyiv | Rennes | $15.7M [8] |
12 | 2000 | Kakha Kaladze | ![]() | Dynamo Kyiv | Milan | $15M [1] |
All fees are in United States dollars and are not adjusted for inflation.
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