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 20 (14)
International career‡
2015 Ukraine U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Ukraine U21 6 (1)
2021– Ukraine 23 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

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

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

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. His professional debut Dovbyk made with his home team in 2014. He won the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League, scoring 7 goals.

Dnipro

In summer 2015, he signed a contract with FC Dnipro,[1] but in April 2016,[1] 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

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.[2] 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.[3] With SønderjyskE, Dovbyk for the second time became a Danish cup holder.

Dnipro-1

After a lack of regular playing time and dry run-on scoresheet, in 2020 Dovbyk returned to Ukraine signing with the recently established SC Dnipro-1 that was just promoted to the Ukrainian premiers in previous season. 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.

In 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine had started, the 2021–22 season was cancelled. 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.

Girona

On 6 August 2023, Dovbyk signed for Spanish club Girona by signing a contract until 2028,[4] for a reported fee of €7m, to be the most expensive player in club's history.[5] On 12 August, he scored a goal on his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Real Sociedad.[6] 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.[7]

International career

Dovbyk was called up in the training camp of the Ukraine U19 national team, but did not play any game for this representation.

At the age of 19, Dovbyk received his first call-up to the full 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.[8]

He took part in 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification as a 19-year-old and participated on the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.

He made his debut for Ukraine on 31 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.[9]

On 29 June 2021, Dovbyk made his debut in UEFA Euro 2020, 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 of the overtime to secure a 2–1 victory for Ukraine and qualification to the quarter-finals.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2024[11]
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 20 14 2 0 — 22 14
Career total 185 86 16 4 10 5 212 95
  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

As of match played 20 November 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine
2021 6 2
2022 8 4
2023 9 1
Total 23 7
As of match played 17 October 2023. Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dovbyk goal.[12]
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 [13]
2 16 November 2021 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [14]
3 1 June 2022 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 7  Scotland 3–1 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [15]
4 14 June 2022 Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland 11  Republic of Ireland 1–1 1–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B [16]
5 24 September 2022 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 13  Armenia 3–0 5–0 [17]
6 5–0
7 17 October 2023 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 22  Malta 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification [18]

Honours

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

Zaria

Midtjylland

SønderjyskE

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b ФК Дніпро дозаявив Довбика (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 12 August 2016.
  2. ^ FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER UKRAINSK U21-LANDSHOLDSSPILLER Archived 1 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine‚ fcm.dk, 31 January 2018
  3. ^ SønderjyskE lejer angriber i FC Midtjylland Archived 2 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, soenderjyske.dk, 2 September 2019
  4. ^ "El Girona FC fitxa el golejador ucraïnès Artem Dovbyk" (in Spanish). Girona FC. 6 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Girona complete club-record signing of Ukrainian international striker". Football España. 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Real Sociedad 1–1 Girona FC" (in Spanish). La Liga. 12 August 2023.
  7. ^ "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.com. 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Ukraine v Kazakhstan game report". FIFA. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Sweden 1–2 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021.
  11. ^ Artem Dovbyk at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Dovbyk, Artem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Sweden 1–2 Ukraine". UEFA. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ukraine". UEFA. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Scotland vs. Ukraine". FIFA. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Ukraine 1–1 Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Armenia 0–5 Ukraine". UEFA. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Malta 1–3 Ukraine". UEFA. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Довбик і Вірт — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  20. ^ "Довбика визнано найкращим гравцем УПЛ у жовтні, ван Леувена – найкращий тренер місяця". 16 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Довбик і Вернидуб — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  22. ^ "Довбик і ван Леувен — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".
  23. ^ "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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Girona FC – current squad
Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2020
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