The winger of the Spanish “Girona,” Viktor Tsygankov, has become only the ninth Ukrainian footballer to achieve a significant milestone.
The leader of the Spanish “Girona,” Viktor Tsygankov, has crossed a landmark mark in his European career. The match against “Villarreal” was his 100th in La Liga. Thus, he has entered a very limited circle of domestic footballers in the top leagues of the continent.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, referencing statistics from Transfermarkt.
A milestone in a victorious match
Tsygankov traditionally started for the Catalans alongside another Ukrainian, Vladyslav Vanat. For Viktor, this was his 18th consecutive start for “Girona” across all tournaments. The Ukrainian played the full match, achieving 86% passing accuracy and providing two key passes. The victory for the “white-reds” with a score of 1:0 came from an own goal by the visiting defender Pau Navarro at the end of the first half.
Throughout his European career, which began in the winter of 2023, Tsygankov has already scored 18 goals and provided 22 assists in matches in the Spanish Primera.
Who is in the elite list
The 28-year-old winger has become only the ninth Ukrainian to surpass the 100-match mark in the strongest European championships – England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France.
Ukrainians with 100+ matches in the top 5 leagues:
Andriy Shevchenko – 274 (“Milan” – 226, “Chelsea” – 48)
Ruslan Malinovskyi – 201 (“Atalanta” – 115, “Genoa” – 66, “Marseille” – 20)
Andriy Voronin – 182 (“Bayer” – 92, “Liverpool” – 27, “Hertha” – 27, “Cologne” – 19, “Fortuna” – 10, “Borussia” M – 7)
Oleksandr Zinchenko – 150 (“Manchester City” – 76, “Arsenal” – 69, “Nottingham” – 5)
Viktor Skrypnyk – 138 (“Werder” – 138)
Vitaliy Mykolenko – 136 (“Everton” – 136)
Oleksandr Zavarov – 118 (“Juventus” – 60, “Nancy” – 58)
Illya Zabarnyi – 100 (“Bournemouth” – 78, PSG – 22)
Viktor Tsygankov – 100 (“Girona” – 100)
An undisputed leader in Spain
Moreover, Tsygankov is the absolute leader among Ukrainians in terms of the number of games played specifically in the Spanish Primera. His closest rival is the goalkeeper of Real Madrid, Andriy Lunin (44 matches).
Source: rbc.ua +rel=”nofollow”
