Ivan Varfolomeev

Ivan Varfolomeyev

Ivan Varfolomeev with Lincoln City in 2026
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Oleksandrovych Varfolomeyev
Date of birth	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth	Simferopol, AR Crimea, Ukraine
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lincoln City
Number	24
Youth career
0000–2014	Tavriya Simferopol
2014–2020	Karpaty Lviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Rukh Lviv	2	(0)
2022–2025	Slovan Liberec	51	(2)
2025–	Lincoln City	42	(1)
International career‡
2020	Ukraine U16	3	(0)
2022–2023	Ukraine U19	5	(1)
2024–2026	Ukraine U21	16	(0)
2026–	Ukraine	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:42, 31 October 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:52, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Ivan Varfolomeyev (Ukrainian: Іван Олександрович Варфоломєєв; born 24 March 2004) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Lincoln City and the Ukraine national team.

Born in Simferopol, Varfolomeyev is a product of the SC Tavriya Simferopol, where his first trainers were Andriy Cheremysin and Vitaliy Ponomaryov, and Karpaty Lviv youth sportive systems.

In September 2020, he transferred to Rukh Lviv and made his Ukrainian Premier League debut as a second-half substitute against Shakhtar Donetsk on 21 February 2021.

Varfolomeyev joined Czech First League club Slovan Liberec in June 2022. In January 2025, he signed a new contract until the summer of 2028.

On 21 August 2025, Varfolomeyev joined English League One club Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be for £350,000 which would surpass the club's previous record fee paid for John Akinde in 2018. He agreed a four-year contract with The Imps, with Slovan Liberec confirming they retained a large share in his next transfer. He made his debut for Lincoln City in the EFL Cup starting the game against Burton Albion on the 26 August 2025. The following game he would make his League One debut coming off the bench in a 1–1 draw against Mansfield Town. He scored his first goal for Lincoln on 17 February 2026, scoring from 25 yards against Northampton Town. He was voted Lincoln City's young player of the season following the end of his debut season.

After his first call up to the Ukraine national team, Varfolomeev signed a new four-year contract at City.

Having played at various age groups for Ukraine, he received his first senior call up in September 2026 for the UEFA Nations League. He made his Ukraine debut against Hungary in October 2026 coming off the bench late on.

As of 31 October 2026

As of 5 October 2026

Lincoln City

• EFL League One: 2025–26

• Ivan Varfolomeyev at UAF (in Ukrainian)
• Ivan Varfolomeyev at Soccerway
• Ivan Varfolomeyev at WorldFootball.net

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