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Artem Machelyuk

Squad depthZorya Luhansk · 26 yrsRotationNew signing

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

PositionFull-back
NationalityUkraine
Age26
Date of birth14 Oct 1999
Height168 cm
Shirt number#39
ClubZorya Luhansk
Full-back
29
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
1669
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Kudrivka.

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

Artem Machelyuk is a 26-year-old full-back at Kudrivka, rated 32.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 84th of 157 on scout potential in the Premier League. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (58% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Machelyuk.

Judged on this season alone, Machelyuk graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 27 of the 27 full-backs in the Premier League, on 3 clean sheets and 1.618 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 10). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 15th of 27 of the 27 full-backs in the Premier League. At 26 Machelyuk is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.1 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downStepped up 2025/26
32.5
Ratingi
15th of 27 full-backs
9.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
58%
Minutes
rotation minutes
1.62
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Kudrivka finished 13th of 16 · a lower-table side

29
Apps
1.62
Def. / 90
2
Tackles
24
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

1.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 58% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.62 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 32.5, Machelyuk carries the 15th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premier League of 27, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Kudrivka finished 13th 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 (1.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles2
Interceptions24
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.