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Ukraine include Oleksandr Zinchenko in Euro 2016 squad

Ukraine's forward Oleksandr Zinchenko celebrates after scoring against Romania on Sunday
Image: Ukraine's forward Oleksandr Zinchenko celebrates after scoring against Romania on Sunday

Teenager Oleksandr Zinchenko has been named in Ukraine's 23-man squad for Euro 2016 ahead of experienced winger Oleh Gusev and striker Artem Kravets.

ZInchenko, 19, became the youngest player to score for Ukraine when he came off the bench in the 4-3 win over Romania on Sunday, beating the record of Andriy Shevchenko.

He has been rewarded with a place in the squad for the tournament in France, but defender Mykyta Kamenyuka and midfielders Evhen Shakhov, Ivan Petryak and Maxym Malyshev have all missed out and have left the team's training camp in Switzerland.

Ukraine's Andriy Yarmolenko (C) shoots to score during the international friendly football match between Ukraine and Wales
Image: Winger Andriy Yarmolenko is Ukraine's star man

Ukraine play Albania in a friendly on June 3 before they face world champions Germany in their opening Euro 2016 game on June 12. 

Northern Ireland then follow on June 16 before Mykhaylo Fomenko's side take on Poland in their final Group C game on June 21. 

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar), Denys Boyko (Besiktas), Mykyta Shevchenko (Zorya)

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Defenders: Evhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kiev), Bohdan Butko (Amkar), Artem Fedetskyi (Dnipro), Oleksandr Karavaev (Zorya), Oleksandr Kucher (Shakhtar), Yaroslav Rakytskyi (Shakhtar), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar)

Midfielders: Serhiy Rybalka (Dynamo Kiev), Denys Garmash (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev), Evhen Konoplyanka (Sevilla), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar), Anatolyi Tumoschuk (Kairat), Oleksandr Zinchenko (UFA)

Forwards: Roman Zozylya (Dnipro), Pylyp Budkivskyi (Zorya), Evhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar)

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