Danylo Sikan
Danylo Yaroslavovych Sikan (Ukrainian: Данило Ярославович Сікан; born 16 April 2001) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukrainian National Team
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| Full name | Danylo Yaroslavovych Sikan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zhytomyr, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2014 | Polissya Zhytomyr | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Karpaty Lviv | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Karpaty Lviv | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 53 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Mariupol (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Mariupol (loan) | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Hansa Rostock (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ukraine U17 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ukraine U19 | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U20 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Ukraine U21 | 19 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Ukraine | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 July 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Sikan started playing football in Polissya Zhytomyr as a child. Then becoming teenager, he came to the academy Karpaty Lviv.
He made his debut for Karpaty Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League in a match against Zorya Luhansk on 12 August 2018,[1] but then played in competitions for reserves. Later that season (2018–19) Sikan was loaned out to FC Mariupol.
Just before turning 18, he came to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2019. For Shakhtar Sikan debuted with home victory against his former club Karpaty on 4 August 2019. That season he played 7 matches for the senior side and made a debut at continental club competitions on 26 November 2019 in an away tie against Manchester City. Struggling to get on a scoreboard, Sikan was placed back in competitions among reserves.
For 2020–21 Sikan was loaned again to Mariupol for the whole season where he made his debut in the Ukrainian Cup competitions. His Premier League goals count also started after return to the team from the near Sea of Azov city.
On 31 January 2022, he joined Hansa Rostock in the 2. Bundesliga on loan until the end of the season.[2]
International career
Sikan was a part of the Ukraine national U-20 football team, that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]
Sikan scored his first goal for Ukraine on 1 September 2021 against Kazakhstan, the day of his debut for the team, coming on as an 82nd minute substitute. The match ended in a 2–2 draw.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karpaty Lviv | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| Total | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Mariupol (loan) | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Mariupol (loan) | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 4 | ||
| Hansa Rostock (loan) | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 7 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
International
- As of match played 14 June 2022[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2021 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sikan goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 September 2021 | Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Shakhtar Donetsk
Ukraine U20
Individual
References
- Прем’єр-ліга. «Карпати» – «Зоря» – 0:1 (ВІДЕО) (in Ukrainian). fckarpaty.com. 12 August 2018.
- "Offiziell: F.C. Hansa verpflichtet Danylo Sikan von Schachtar Donezk" (Press release) (in German). Hansa Rostock. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - Matches - Ukraine - Korea Republic - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- UEFA.com. "FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers - Kazakhstan v Ukraine". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- "Danylo Sikan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
- "Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019.
External links
- Danylo Sikan at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Danylo Sikan at Soccerway