based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Scout report
A. Zinkovskiy is a 30-year-old central midfielder at FC Sochi, enjoying a standout season — 3 goals and 3 assists in 28 appearances, a Season grade of 27, top 47% of Premier League central midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 18.4, ranking 79th of 104 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (60.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zinkovskiy.
Judged on this season alone, Zinkovskiy graded 27 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 8th of 17 of the 17 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 3 goals, 3 assists and 1.604 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 19 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 12th of 17 of the 17 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 30 Zinkovskiy is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · FC Sochi finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side
1.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 16) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 60.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.33 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.6 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 18.4, Zinkovskiy carries the 12th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 17, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC Sochi finished 16th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.
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