Introduction
Artyom Sergeyevich Dzyuba (Russian: Артём Сергеевич Дзюба, [ɐˈrtʲɵm sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈdzʲubə]; born 22 August 1988) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and captains the Russia national team.
He began his career with Spartak Moscow, debuting in 2006 and making 166 appearances and scoring 38 goals. He also had two loans each at Tom Tomsk and Rostov, winning the 2013–14 Russian Cup with the latter. In 2015, he joined Zenit.
Dzyuba made his senior international debut for Russia in 2011. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Dzyuba was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, in 1988, to a Ukrainian father from Poltava and a Russian mother. He attended Spartak Moscow's football school and started playing for the team's reserves in 2005. In 2006, he first played for the first team in a Russian Cup match against FC Ural, replacing Roman Pavlyuchenko in the 85th minute. He had his first substitute appearance in the Russian Premier League in the 12th round against Saturn Moscow. He had 7 substitute appearances in that season, but did not score.
On 7 August 2009, FC Tom Tomsk signed the striker on loan until December 2009.
In the 2013–14 Russian Premier League, Dzyuba scored 17 goals while loaned to FC Rostov.
In 2015, he was signed for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg by André Villas-Boas. On 31 January 2018, he joined FC Arsenal Tula on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.
International career
Dzyuba was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.
He made his Russia national football team debut on 11 November 2011 in a friendly against Greece. He was called up to the provisional squad for UEFA Euro 2012. He was not included on the finalized squad that Dick Advocaat chose for the competition.
After the 2014 World Cup, which Dzyuba also missed with Fabio Capello preferring Aleksandr Kokorin and Aleksandr Kerzhakov instead, he started to be called up regularly during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. He scored his first goal against Liechtenstein on 8 September 2014, his side's final goal in a 4–0 rout of the minnows at the Arena Khimki. Exactly a year later, he scored four goals in a 7–0 win over the same opponents in the reverse fixture; he ended the campaign as Russia's top goalscorer with 8 goals as they qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad, and on 3 June, he was included in the final edition. He came on as a substitute in the opening game on 14 June and scored the third goal of a 5–0 win over Saudi Arabia. He continued his impressive performance by scoring a goal in the second match that Russia beat Egypt 3–1, sending Russia to the knockout stage for the first time. In the match against Spain in the round of 16 on 1 July, he converted a penalty minutes before half-time, making the score 1–1. Artem was then substituted in the second half and Russia eventually won the game 4–3 on penalties.
After the retirement of Sergei Ignashevich and Igor Akinfeev from the national team, Dzyuba became the team's captain. On 9 June 2019, he scored four goals in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against San Marino which ended in a 9–0 home rout, with Russia recording their biggest ever win while he took his international tally up to 20 goals. On 10 October he shot his 23rd international goal, overhauling fellow Roman Pavlyuchenko in the tally.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 27 November 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Spartak Moscow | 2006 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | 22 | 6 | ||
| 2009 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 52 | 14 | ||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 7 | |||
| Total | 126 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 38 | |
| Tom Tomsk (loan) | 2009 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
| 2010 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 11 | |||
| Total | 34 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | |
| Rostov (loan) | 2013–14 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 19 | ||
| 2014–15 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 20 | |
| Zenit | 2015–16 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 14 | |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | — | 37 | 13 | ||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | |
| Total | 115 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 64 | |
| Arsenal Tula (loan) | 2017–18 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | |||
| Career Total | 325 | 110 | 24 | 11 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 415 | 142 | |
International
- As of 13 October 2019
| Russia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 4 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| Total | 40 | 24 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 September 2014 | Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia | 4 |  Liechtenstein |
4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 2. | 12 October 2014 | Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia | 6 |  Moldova |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 3. | 5 September 2015 | Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia | 10 |  Sweden |
1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 4. | 8 September 2015 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | 11 | Liechtenstein |
1–0 | 7–0 | |
| 5. | 3–0 | ||||||
| 6. | 4–0 | ||||||
| 7. | 7–0 | ||||||
| 8. | 9 October 2015 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova | 12 | Moldova |
2–0 | 2–1 | |
| 9. | 5 June 2016 | Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 |  Serbia |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 10. | 9 October 2016 | Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia | 22 |  Costa Rica |
2–3 | 3–4 | |
| 11. | 3–3 | ||||||
| 12. | 14 June 2018 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 24 |  Saudi Arabia |
3–0 | 5–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 13. | 19 June 2018 | Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | 25 |  Egypt |
3–0 | 3–1 | |
| 14. | 1 July 2018 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 27 |  Spain |
1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 15. | 7 September 2018 | Şenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey | 29 |  Turkey |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B |
| 16. | 24 March 2019 | Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 34 |  Kazakhstan |
3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 17. | 8 June 2019 | Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia | 35 |  San Marino |
2–0 | 9–0 | |
| 18. | 5–0 | ||||||
| 19. | 6–0 | ||||||
| 20. | 9–0 | ||||||
| 21. | 6 September 2019 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 37 |  Scotland |
1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 22. | 10 October 2019 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 39 | Scotland |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 23. | 3–0 | ||||||
| 24. | 13 October 2019 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | 40 |  Cyprus |
3–0 | 5–0 |
Controversy
Dzyuba earned controversies by his harsh reaction on controversial "Glory to Ukraine" video made by Croatian player Domagoj Vida during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. His reaction has received praise from Russian media, but his action is depicted very negative in Croatian media, due to its relations to the Ukrainian crisis, in spite of Dzyuba himself has Ukrainian root.
Honours
- Rostov
- Russian Cup: 2013–14
- Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Russian Premier League: 2018–19
- Russian Cup: 2015–16
- Russian Super Cup: 2015, 2016
Individual
- Spartak Small Golden Boar Award: 2006
- Russian Premier League Player of the Month: July 2013, August 2014, July 2015, August 2018, April 2019
- FC Rostov Fans' Player of the Year: 2013–14
- Futbol Footballer of the Year: 2018
- RFU Footballer of the Year: 2018–19
- Sport-Express Footballer of the Year: 2018–19
- Russian Premier League Top Assist Provider: 2018–19