Artem Dovbyk

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Dovbyk.
Artem Dovbyk
Артем Довбик
Dovbyk playing for Dnipro in 2016
Personal information
Full name Artem Oleksandrovych Dovbyk
Date of birth (1997-06-21) 21 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Cherkasy, Ukraine
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Girona
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2014 Cherkaskyi Dnipro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Cherkaskyi Dnipro 20 (7)
2015–2018 Dnipro 35 (18)
2016 → Zaria Bălți (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2020 Midtjylland 18 (1)
2019–2020 → SønderjyskE (loan) 18 (2)
2020–2023 Dnipro-1 71 (44)
2023– Girona 30 (18)
International career‡
2015 Ukraine U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Ukraine U21 6 (1)
2021– Ukraine 25 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Artem Oleksandrovych Dovbyk (Ukrainian: Артем Олександрович Довбик; born 21 June 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Girona and the Ukraine national team.

Club career[edit]

Cherkaskyi Dnipro[edit]

Born in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Dovbyk is a product of the FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro academy after graduating from the Olympic Reserve Specialized Sports School Slavutych in Cherkasy.[1] He made his debut against Skala on 26 July 2014.[2] A month later, on 16 August, he scored his first goal in a 3–1 victory against Krystal Kherson, aged 17 years and 55 days, becoming the youngest scorer for his club in history.[3] Later that year, on 12 October, he scored his first hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over Arsenal Bila Tserkva.[4] He won the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League, scoring 7 goals.

Dnipro[edit]

In summer 2015, he signed a contract with FC Dnipro,[5] but in April 2016,[5] he was then sent on a three-month loan to Moldovan club FC Zaria Bălți, where he won the Moldovan Cup. He would go on to score a joint team high 6 goals as he won the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League Best Young Player award. This prompted Ukraine national team coach Andriy Shevchenko to call him up for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Midtjylland[edit]

When Dnipro were relegated due to incurring debt, Dovbyk stayed with the club. He would go on to score 12 goals in 13 games in the Ukrainian Second League, gaining interest from foreign clubs, and in 2018 he joined Danish club FC Midtjylland on a free transfer.[6] In 2018 with FC Midtjylland Dovbyk became a national champion and in 2019 becoming a national cup holder. On 2 September 2019, he was loaned out to SønderjyskE for the 2019–20 season.[7] With SønderjyskE, Dovbyk for the second time became a Danish cup holder.

Dnipro-1[edit]

After lacking regular playing time and dry run-on scoresheet, Dovbyk returned to Ukraine in July 2020 signing with the recently established SC Dnipro-1 that was just promoted to the Ukrainian premiers in previous season.[8] While his league performance was somewhat under par from what expected, Dovbyk made a nice score run in the Ukrainian Cup netting 4 goals in three games, becoming one of the three top scorers in the tournament.

Once the 2021–22 season was cancelled at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dovbyk made a temporary move to Dynamo Kyiv who were playing charity matches in Europe for the rest of the season to stay in form. In the 2022–23 season, he scored two hat-tricks for Dnipro-1 against Zorya Luhansk and Kolos Kovalivka, thus becoming only the tenth player in the league's history to achieve this feat.[9] He finished the season as top scorer with 24 goals.[10]

Girona[edit]

On 6 August 2023, Dovbyk signed for La Liga club Girona by signing a contract until 2028,[11] for a reported fee of €7m, to be the most expensive player in club's history.[12] On 12 August, he scored a goal on his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Real Sociedad.[13] On 21 January 2024, he scored his first hat-trick within six minutes in a 5–1 victory over Sevilla, in which he became the joint top scorer with 14 goals in 20 matches of the 2023–24 season along with Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham.[14]

International career[edit]

Dovbyk was called up in the training camp of the Ukraine U19 national team, but did not play any match.[citation needed]

At the age of 19, Dovbyk received his first call-up to the senior national team when he was named in the 31-player senior squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland on 5 September 2016.[15] On 31 March 2021, Dovbyk debuted for the Ukrainian senior squad in a World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.[16]

Dovbyk was selected for UEFA Euro 2020 on 29 June 2021, coming on as a substitute for Andriy Yarmolenko in the extra time of the round of 16 against Sweden. He scored the winning goal in the stoppage time to secure a 2–1 victory for Ukraine and advance to the quarter-finals.[17]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 20 April 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cherkaskyi Dnipro 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League 20 7 1 0 — 21 7
Dnipro 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 22 6 1 0 — 23 6
2017–18 Ukrainian Second League 13 12 0 0 — 13 12
Total 35 18 2 0 — 37 18
Zaria Bălți (loan) 2015–16 Moldovan National Division 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
Midtjylland 2017–18 Danish Superliga 10 1 2 0 0 0 12 1
2018–19 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2019–20 3 0 0 0 1[b] 0 4 0
Total 18 1 3 0 1 0 22 1
SønderjyskE (loan) 2019–20 Danish Superliga 18 2 3 0 — 21 2
Dnipro-1 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 24 6 3 4 — 27 10
2021–22 17 14 1 0 — 18 14
2022–23 30 24 — 9[c] 5 39 29
Total 71 44 4 4 9 5 84 53
Girona 2023–24 La Liga 30 18 3 0 — 33 18
Career total 195 90 17 4 10 5 223 99
  1. ^ Includes Ukrainian Cup, Moldovan Cup, Danish Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and five goals in UEFA Europa Conference League

International[edit]

As of match played 26 March 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2021 6 2
2022 8 4
2023 9 1
2024 2 1
Total 25 8
As of match played 21 March 2024. Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dovbyk goal.[19]
List of international goals scored by Artem Dovbyk
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 29 June 2021 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 3  Sweden 2–1 2–1 (a.e.t.) UEFA Euro 2020 [20]
2 16 November 2021 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
3 1 June 2022 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 7  Scotland 3–1 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
4 14 June 2022 Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland 11  Republic of Ireland 1–1 1–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B [23]
5 24 September 2022 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 13  Armenia 3–0 5–0 [24]
6 5–0
7 17 October 2023 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 22  Malta 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification [25]
8 21 March 2024 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification [26]

Honours[edit]

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

Zaria

Midtjylland

SønderjyskE

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Студент Черкаського національного став чемпіоном Данії" [A student of Cherkasy National became the champion of Denmark]. cdu.edu.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "«Скала» Стрий – «Черкаський Дніпро» 1:0 (1:0)" ["Skala" Stryi - "Cherkassky Dnipro" 1:0 (1:0)]. ckdnipro.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2014.
  3. ^ "«Черкаський Дніпро» Черкаси – «Кристал» Херсон 3:1 (1:1)" ["Cherkassky Dnipro" Cherkasy - "Krystal" Kherson 3:1 (1:1)]. ckdnipro.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 August 2014.
  4. ^ "«Черкаський Дніпро» – «Арсенал-Київщина» Біла Церква 5:0 (3:0)" ["Cherkasky Dnipro" - "Arsenal-Kyivshchyna" Bila Tserkva 5:0 (3:0)]. ckdnipro.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 12 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b ФК Дніпро дозаявив Довбика (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 12 August 2016.
  6. ^ FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER UKRAINSK U21-LANDSHOLDSSPILLER Archived 1 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine‚ fcm.dk, 31 January 2018
  7. ^ SønderjyskE lejer angriber i FC Midtjylland Archived 2 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, soenderjyske.dk, 2 September 2019
  8. ^ "АРТЕМ ДОВБИК — ГРАВЕЦЬ СК «ДНІПРО-1»" [Artem Dovbyk — Player of «Dnipro-1»]. SC Dnipro-1 (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Артем Довбик зробив другий хет-трик в цьому сезоні" [Artem Dovbyk scored his second hat-trick this season]. Redtram (in Ukrainian). 9 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Бомбардири" [Top scorers]. Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian).
  11. ^ "El Girona FC fitxa el golejador ucraïnès Artem Dovbyk" (in Catalan). Girona FC. 6 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Girona complete club-record signing of Ukrainian international striker". Football España. 6 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Real Sociedad 1–1 Girona FC". La Liga. 12 August 2023.
  14. ^ "WATCH: Artem Dovbyk completes stunning six-minute hat-trick for Girona to draw level with Real Madrid superstar Jude Bellingham at the top of La Liga scoring chart". Goal. 21 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  16. ^ Vlasenko, Vlad (1 April 2021). "Довбик дебютував за збірну України в матчі з Казахстаном". Sport Arena (in Ukrainian).
  17. ^ "Sweden 1–2 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021.
  18. ^ Artem Dovbyk at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Dovbyk, Artem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Sweden 1–2 Ukraine". UEFA. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ukraine". UEFA. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Scotland vs. Ukraine". FIFA. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Ukraine 1–1 Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  24. ^ "Armenia 0–5 Ukraine". UEFA. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Malta 1–3 Ukraine". UEFA. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Ukraine". UEFA. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Довбик і Вірт — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  28. ^ "Довбика визнано найкращим гравцем УПЛ у жовтні, ван Леувена – найкращий тренер місяця". 16 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Довбик і Вернидуб — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  30. ^ "Довбик і ван Леувен — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  31. ^ "Artem Dovbyk named LALIGA EA SPORTS Player of the Month for December". La Liga. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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