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Vitalii Boyko

Squad depthVeres Rivne · 28 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameVitalii Boyko
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityUkraine
Age28
Date of birth3 Dec 1997
Height183 cm
Shirt number#18
ClubVeres Rivne
Central midfielder
28
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
1048
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Veres Rivne.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

V. Boyko is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Veres Rivne, rated 24.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 116th of 157 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (38.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.15 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Boyko.

Judged on this season alone, Boyko graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 42 of the 42 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.147 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 29th of 42 of the 42 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 28 Boyko is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.4 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Remarkably consistentStepped up 2022/235 clubs
24.9
Ratingi
29th of 42 central midfielders
12.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
38.8%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.15
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Veres Rivne finished 11th of 16 · a lower-table side

28
Apps
2.15
Def. / 90
6
Tackles
16
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

2.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 38.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 24.9, Boyko carries the 29th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 42, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Veres Rivne finished 11th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× 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.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles6
Interceptions16
Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.