Artem Dovbyk

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

Artem Dovbyk
Dovbyk playing for Dnipro in 2016
Personal information
Full name Artem Oleksandrovych Dovbyk
Date of birth (1997-06-21) 21 June 1997
Place of birth Cherkasy, Ukraine
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
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)
2015–2017 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 10 (5)
International career‡
2015 Ukraine U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Ukraine U21 6 (1)
2021– Ukraine 22 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

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.

In summer of 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.

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.

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 Ukrainian Premier League 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.

In 2023, he signed for Spanish club Girona and scored a goal on his debut.

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 September 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cherkaskyi Dnipro 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League 20710—217
Dnipro 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 00100010
2016–17 22610—236
2017–18 Ukrainian Second League 131200—1312
Total 351820—3718
Zaria Bălți (loan) 2015–16 Moldovan National Division 3010—40
Midtjylland 2017–18 Danish Superliga 1012000121
2018–19 50100060
2019–20 30001[lower-alpha 2]040
Total 1813010221
SønderjyskE (loan) 2019–20 Danish Superliga 18230—212
Dnipro-1 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 24634—2710
2021–22 171410—1814
2022–23 3024—9[lower-alpha 3]53929
Total 714444958453
Girona 2023–24 La Liga 10500—105
Career total 1757714410519987
  1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, Moldovan Cup, Danish Cup
  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 17 October 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine
202162
202284
202381
Total227
As of match played 24 September 2022. Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dovbyk goal.[8]
List of international goals scored by Artem Dovbyk
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
129 June 2021Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland3 Sweden2–12–1 (a.e.t.)UEFA Euro 2020[9]
216 November 2021Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina6 Bosnia and Herzegovina2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
31 June 2022Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland7 Scotland3–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[11]
414 June 2022Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland11 Republic of Ireland1–11–12022–23 UEFA Nations League B[12]
524 September 2022Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia13 Armenia3–05–0[13]
65–0
717 October 2023National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta22 Malta2–13–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualification[14]

Honours

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

Zaria

Midtjylland

SønderjyskE

Individual

References
  1. 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. "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. "Ukraine v Kazakhstan game report". FIFA. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
  6. "Sweden 1–2 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021.
  7. Artem Dovbyk at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. "Dovbyk, Artem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  9. "Sweden 1–2 Ukraine". UEFA. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  10. "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ukraine". UEFA. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  11. "Scotland vs. Ukraine". FIFA. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  12. "Ukraine 1–1 Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  13. "Armenia 0–5 Ukraine". UEFA. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  14. "Malta 1–3 Ukraine". UEFA. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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