Artem Oleksandrovych Dovbyk (; born 21 June 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AS 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.[ FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER UKRAINSK U21-LANDSHOLDSSPILLER ‚ fcm.dk, 31 January 2018] 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.[ SønderjyskE lejer angriber i FC Midtjylland , soenderjyske.dk, 2 September 2019] With Sønderjyske, Dovbyk for the second time became a Danish cup holder.
Dnipro-1
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.
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.
Girona
On 6 August 2023, Dovbyk signed for La Liga club Girona FC by signing a contract until 2028,
Roma
On 2 August 2024, as one of the top stars of the transfer window,
International career
Dovbyk was called up in the training camp of the Ukraine U19 national team, but did not play any match.
At the age of 19, Dovbyk’s first call-up to the senior national team was announced, when he was named in the 31-player senior squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland on 5 September 2016.
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.
Personal life
He is married to Yuliia Dovbyk. He has a daughter.
Career statistics
Club
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
!rowspan="2" | Club
!rowspan="2" | Season
!colspan="3" | League
!colspan="2" | National cup
!colspan="2" | Europe
!colspan="2" | Total |
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| FC Cherkashchyna | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Second League | 7 |
| FC Dnipro | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 6 |
| 2017–18 | Ukrainian Second League | 12 |
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| Zaria Bălți (loan) | 2015–16 | Moldovan National Division | 0 |
| FC Midtjylland | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 0 |
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| Sønderjyske (loan) | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 2 |
| Dnipro-1 | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 |
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 |
| 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 29 |
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| Girona FC | 2023–24 | La Liga | 24 |
| AS Roma | 2024–25 | Serie A | 17 |
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International
| + Appearances and goals by national team and year
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
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- As of match played 14 October 2024. Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dovbyk goal.
| + List of international goals scored by Artem Dovbyk
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!scope=col | Cap
!scope=col | Opponent
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Honours
Cherkaskyi Dnipro
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Ukrainian Second League: 2014–15
Zaria
Midtjylland
SønderjyskE
Individual
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Ukrainian Premier League top scorer (2): 2021–22, 2022–23
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Pichichi Trophy: 2023–24
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Ukrainian Cup top scorer: 2020–21
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Ukrainian Premier League Best Young Player: 2016–17
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Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Month (5): August 2021,
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La Liga Player of the Month: December 2023
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La Liga Team of the Season: 2023–24
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Serie A Player of the Month: March 2025
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