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 33% of Premier League central midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 18.4, ranking 25th of 32 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 solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 6 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, 6th of 6 of the 6 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 6th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 6, 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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