Yehor Yarmolyuk

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Yehor Yarmolyuk
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Yarmolyuk with Dnipro-1 in 2021
Personal information
Full name Yehor Romanovych Yarmolyuk [1]
Date of birth (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Verkhniodniprovsk, Ukraine
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 18
Youth career
2014–2016 Stal Kamianske
2016–2018 Dnipro
2018–2020 Dnipro-1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Dnipro-1 18 (0)
2022– Brentford 59 (0)
International career‡
Ukraine U15
2019–2020 Ukraine U16 4 (0)
2021–2022 Ukraine U19 8 (6)
2020– Ukraine U21 17 (1)
2024 Ukraine U23 4 (1)
2025– Ukraine 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:06, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:32, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Yehor Romanovych Yarmolyuk (Ukrainian : Єгор Романович Ярмолюк; born 1 March 2004), sometimes known as Yehor Yarmoliuk, [3] is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Brentford and the Ukraine national team.

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Yarmolyuk is a product of the Dnipro-1 academy and made his senior debut for the club in 2020. He transferred to Brentford in 2022. Yarmolyuk has been capped by Ukraine at youth international level and made his senior debut in 2025.

Club career

SC Dnipro-1

A central midfielder, [4] Yarmolyuk is a product of a number of youth sportive schools of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and in May 2019, at age 15, he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League club SC Dnipro-1. [5] His progression was such that he made two first team appearances late in the 2019–20 season. [2] Yarmolyuk's second appearance made him the second youngest player to start a match in the history of the Ukrainian top flight, at the age of 16 years and 140 days. [6] Yarmolyuk signed a new three-year contract in October 2020. [7] He went on to make 19 further appearances during the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, [8] before the latter season was curtailed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [9] Yarmolyuk scored one senior goal for the club, in a 2–1 Ukrainian Cup round of 32 win over VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka on 22 September 2021. [2]

Brentford

2022–23 season

On 14 July 2022, Yarmolyuk transferred to Premier League club Brentford and signed a three-year contract, with the option of a further year, [9] for a fee reported to be €1.6 million. [10] He began his Brentford career with the club's B team, [9] but made two pre-season friendly substitute appearances for the first team. [11] [12] Following two Premier League matches as an unused substitute, [2] Yarmolyuk made his senior debut for the club as a substitute during the second half of an EFL Cup third round shoot-out defeat to Gillingham on 8 November 2022. [13] He was included in the first team squad for its mid-season training camp in Girona and made three friendly appearances during the period. [14] [15] [16] Yarmolyuk made 16 B team appearances and scored three goals prior to missing much of the second half of the 2022–23 season with a torn hamstring. [4] [10]

2023–24 season

Yarmolyuk was promoted into the first team squad in June 2023 and signed a new five-year contract, with the option of a further year. [17] He returned fit for the 2023–24 pre-season and made his first appearance of the regular season with a start in a EFL Cup second round shoot-out win over Newport County on 29 August 2023. [17] [18] Following four substitute appearances in Premier League matches, [2] injury to Mathias Jensen allowed Yarmolyuk to make his maiden Premier League start for the club in a 1–0 defeat to Arsenal on 25 November 2023. [19] [20] He made three further starts before the end of 2023 and Yarmolyuk's progress in the calendar year was recognised in the U19 category of the Golden talent of Ukraine award. [2] [21] Yarmolyuk ended the 2023–24 season with 30 appearances. [18]

2024–present

Yarmolyuk made a career-high 35 appearances during the 2024–25 season, 19 of them from the start. [2] In May 2025, he signed a new six-year contract, with the option of a further year. [22]

International career

Youth

Yarmolyuk has been capped by Ukraine at youth level and notably made his U21 debut at age 16. [2] [23] He was named in the 2025 UEFA European U21 Championship squad and appeared in match prior to the team's group stage exit. [2] [24] [25] Yarmolyuk was called into the U23 team's 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament squad and made four appearances in the tournament, [26] scoring once and he converted a penalty in the shoot-out that decided the final versus Ivory Coast in Ukraine's favour. [2] [27]

Senior

On 16 May 2024, Yarmolyuk was named as a reserve in the senior Ukraine squad for a pre-Euro 2024 training camp and series of friendly matches. [28] He was named in the senior squad for a pair of Nations League B group matches in November 2024 and he remained an unused substitute in both. [2] [29] Yarmolyuk won his second call-up for the 2024–25 Nations League promotion playoffs and he appeared in both matches. [30]

Style of play

A central midfielder, Yarmolyuk can also "play as a number 6, 8 or even 10" and "is a very good pressing player, has a little bit of bite in his pressure and his technical abilities are good in terms of passing". [4] [31] Brentford head coach Thomas Frank stated that Yarmolyuk is "one of the best trainers. He trains hard and with good intensity – that’s the best way to get into the team". [22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dnipro-1 2019–20 [8] Ukrainian Premier League 2000—20
2020–21 [8] Ukrainian Premier League9010—100
2021–22 [8] Ukrainian Premier League7021—91
Total18031—211
Brentford 2022–23 [13] Premier League 00001010
2023–24 [18] Premier League2702010300
2024–25 [32] Premier League3101030350
2025–26 [33] Premier League10000010
Total5903050670
Career total7606150871
  1. ↑ Includes Ukrainian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup

International

As of match played 10 June 2025 [34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 202520
Total20

Honours

Ukraine U15

Ukraine U23

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Yehor Yarmolyuk at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yehor Yarmolyuk at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Yehor Yarmoliuk". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Todos, Andrew (27 September 2023). "Yehor Yarmolyuk – The Interview: One year at Brentford". Zorya Londonsk. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "СК Дніпро-1 підписав контракт з 15-річним хавбеком". Футбол 24 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Єгор Ярмолюк – рекордсмен України!". СК Дніпро-1 (in Ukrainian). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Новий контракт з рекордсменом". СК Дніпро-1 (in Ukrainian). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Єгор Ярмолюк". СК Дніпро-1 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 "Yehor Yarmoliuk joins Brentford from SC Dnipro-1". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Тренер Брентфорда Б: Ярмолюк заслужил повышение в первую команду". ua-football.com (in Russian). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Report: Brighton 0 Brentford 1". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Report: Arsenal 1 Brentford 2". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Yehor Yarmolyuk in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Dasilva on Bordeaux friendly". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Brentford 1 Celta Vigo 3". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  16. ↑ "Brentford 2 Wolfsburg 2". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Yarmoliuk signs new contract". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  18. 1 2 3 "Games played by Yehor Yarmolyuk in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Mathias Jensen injury update". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Yarmoliuk analyses first Premier League start". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  21. 1 2 "Найкращі футболісти України U19 за підсумками 2023 року". goldtalant.com.ua. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  22. 1 2 "Brentford midfielder Yehor Yarmoliuk signs new long-term deal". Brentford FC. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  23. ↑ "Yehor Yarmoliuk: Proud Ukrainian". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  24. ↑ "Євро-2025 (U-21). Офіційна заявка молодіжної збірної України на фінальний турнір". Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  25. ↑ "Netherlands vs Ukraine | UEFA Under-21 2025". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  26. ↑ "Олімпійська збірна України відправилася до Марселя для участі в престижному турнірі". Official UAF Website. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  27. 1 2 Buteau, Maxime. "Dans une splendide finale, l'Ukraine s'impose aux tirs au but face à la Côte d'Ivoire et remporte le Tournoi Maurice Revello". festival-foot-espoirs.com (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  28. ↑ "Сергій Ребров оголосив склад національної команди України на підготовчий збір і товариські матчі перед Євро-2024". Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу (in Ukrainian). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  29. ↑ "Сергій Ребров оголосив склад збірної України на листопадові матчі Ліги націй-2024/2025". Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  30. ↑ "International round-up: Collins captains Republic of Ireland to Nations League victory". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  31. ↑ Harris, Jay (18 October 2023). "War in Ukraine halted Yehor Yarmoliuk's career – now he's pushing for Brentford debut" . The Athletic. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Yehor Yarmolyuk in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Yehor Yarmolyuk in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  34. ↑ "Yehor Yarmolyuk". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  35. ↑ "Дніпряни — переможці турніру розвитку УЄФА". СК Дніпро-1 (in Ukrainian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  36. ↑ "Литвиненко і Батагов – володарі «Золотого м'яча»". СК Дніпро-1 (in Ukrainian). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  37. ↑ "Найкращі футболісти України U21 за підсумками 2024 року". goldtalant.com.ua. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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