Ivan

Zhelizko

DM Lechia Gdańsk #5

Defensive Midfield – Midfielder

Ivan Zhelizko

Lechia Gdańsk I Liga

Top 5% of defensive midfielders in the world
#49 defensive midfielder aged 22–25
Top 14% in the Ekstraklasa

Date of birth / Age: 12 Feb 2001 (25)
Citizenship: Ukraine
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.86 m / 79 kg
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Contract until: 2029

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#143

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#49

among defensive midfielders aged 22–25

In his league

86%

of Ekstraklasa defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

+5.8

goals above expected · better than 98% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

12 Expected

6.2

142 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

6.4

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 30
StartsStarting eleven: 30
GoalsGoals: 7
AssistsAssists: 4
YellowYellow cards: 9
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 1
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 2,696

Starting eleven100%

30 of 30 appearances

Minutes played2,696

90 per appearance

Goal involvement11

7 goals · 4 assists

Positions played

161 matches · since 2019/20

RWAMCBCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	117	12	6
Central Midfield	39	5	3
Centre-Back	3	0	2
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0
Right Winger	1	2	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/2726/27	I LigaI Liga	Lechia Gdańsk	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	186
2025/2625/26	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Lechia Gdańsk	30	30	7	4	9	1	0	2,696
2024/2524/25	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Lechia Gdańsk	25	24	3	0	4	0	0	2,197
2023/2423/24	I LigaI Liga	Lechia Gdańsk	27	27	3	0	11	1	0	2,374
2023/2423/24	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Valmiera FC	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	166
2023/2423/24	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Valmiera FC	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2023/2423/24	CupCup	Lechia Gdańsk	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	31
20232023	VirsligaVirsliga	Valmiera FC	16	16	1	1	7	0	0	1,403
2022/2322/23	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Valmiera FC	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
20232023	CupCup	Valmiera FC	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	65
20232023	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	Ukraine U21	5	1	0	–	0	–	0	130
20222022	VirsligaVirsliga	Valmiera FC	28	27	4	3	13	0	0	2,299
2021/2221/22	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Valmiera FC	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
20222022	CupCup	Valmiera FC	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
20212021	VirsligaVirsliga	Valmiera FC	25	21	1	2	7	0	0	2,003
2020/2120/21	CupCup	Karviná	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
20212021	CupCup	Valmiera FC	1	1	1	–	1	–	0	90
20232023	UEFA U21 Championship QualificationU21 Championship Qualification	Ukraine U21	11	1	0	–	0	–	0	262
2019/2019/20	Chance LigaChance Liga	Karviná	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	38
2019/2019/20	CupCup	Karviná	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/1918/19	U21 LeagueU21 League	Karpaty U21	8	7	0	–	1	–	0	569
20192019	UEFA U19 ChampionshipU19 Championship	Ukraine U19	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	72
20182018	Development Tournament U17Development Tournament U17	Ukraine U17	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	152
20182018	UEFA U17 ChampionshipU17 Championship	Ukraine U17	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	113

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			203	171	20	10^*	56	2^*	0	15,612

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Virsliga	69	6	6
Ekstraklasa	55	10	4
I Liga	29	3	0
Ukraine U21	16	0	–
U21 League	8	0	–
Cup	7	1	–
Ukraine U17	6	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	5	0	–
Chance Liga	3	0	0
Ukraine U19	3	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Valmiera FC Lechia Gdańsk Transfer €500K
Feb 2022 Feb 2022 · Transfer Karviná Valmiera FC Transfer
Dec 2021 Dec 2021 · Back from Loan Valmiera FC Karviná Back from Loan
Feb 2021 Feb 2021 · Loan Karviná Valmiera FC Loan Loan
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Transfer Karviná II Karviná Transfer
Aug 2020 Aug 2020 · Transfer MFK Karviná Under 19 Karviná II Transfer
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Free Transfer – FC Karpaty Lviv II Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Lechia Gdańsk 2023–2027 85 13
Valmiera FC 2021–2024 80 7
Karviná 2019–2021 5 0
Karpaty U21 2018 8 0

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