Artem Dovbyk

Artem Oleksandrovych Dovbyk (Ukrainian: Арте́м Олекса́ндрович До́вбик; born 21 June 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Roma 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. He made his debut against Skala on 26 July 2014. 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. Later that year, on 12 October, he scored his first hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over Arsenal Bila Tserkva. He won the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League, scoring 7 goals.

Dnipro

In summer 2015, he signed a contract with FC Dnipro, but in April 2016, 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. 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. With Sønderjyske, Dovbyk for the second time became a Danish cup holder.