Transfer Records: Most Expensive Players from Former USSR

Discover top five valuable footballers from post-Soviet countries, featuring stars like Zainutdinov and Kvaratskhelia. Learn about their career highlights and transfer achievements.

The notable representatives include Georgia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan wasn't indifferent and also tried to make an impression in the Euro 2024 qualifiers. However, the contrast between local players and their Ukrainian counterparts is quite noticeable. This is confirmed by the prices of individual players, which exceed the total cost of the 'hawks' team.

Over the years, the republican portal highlighted the top five most valuable players in the former USSR today. It is worth starting with the assessment of the Kazakhstan national team at 18.08 million euros for 2024. Its most expensive asset is Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov (4 million euros), playing for «Besiktas». Leaving Kazakhstan for Russia, he became a leader at «Rostov», then established himself in the main team of «CSKA», and later went to Turkey.

Georgiy Sudakov, 22 years old, a Ukrainian with a transfer value of 35 million euros, was born in Bryansk and started his football steps in «Sokol», then moved to Kharkiv, where he was noticed by the «Shakhtar» players. Playing for the 'miners', he became the country's champion twice and was recognized as the best young player in Ukraine. The Ukrainian youth team won bronze at Euro 2023 with him.

27-year-old Artem Dovbyk from Ukraine is also worth 35 million euros. Born in Cherkassy, this football player started with «Dnipro» and found success in «Midtjylland» and «SønderjyskE». Then, returning to «Dnipro-1», he became the top scorer twice. In 2023, he was signed by «Girona», where he immediately drew attention as the top scorer of La Liga.

Oleksandr Zinchenko, also 27 years old and also worth 35 million euros, continues to be one of the most respected Ukrainian footballers today. He became a four-time champion of England with «Manchester City». In his homeland, he played at the youth level in «Shakhtar» before being signed by Russia's «Ufa».

Giorgi Mamardashvili from Georgia, valued at 45 million euros, stood out at the past Euro with his goalkeeping saves. Born in Tbilisi and influenced by his father, he began his career in schools like «Gagra» and later moved to «Dinamo Tbilisi». His performance is ongoing in «Valencia» after several loans.

The introduction concludes with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Georgia with a transfer value of 80 million euros. His skills finally unfolded in 2022 when he returned from Russia to Georgia, and impressed «Napoli». There he became a Serie A assist leader and led the club to the championship after 33 years.