jmetaB037f11c8e8e2e24ee964ac4cd684906f3f3ec713d0714b2c35adc13b6b47e37255@4ba663765714781ad949364b671673879192dba9aa98eb129d0e821daf4b779erss.item metarss.netM¦ <item> <title>Artem Dovbykâs path from Ukraineâs third tier to La Ligaâs finest finisher</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/16/artem-dovbyk-ukraine-girona-la-liga</link> <description><p>After unsuccessful spells in Denmark and Moldova, the striker joined Girona and became a scoring sensation</p><p>It was January 2018 when Midtjylland moved for a striker they had been watching for six months. Artem Dovbyk had been playing in Ukraineâs third tier for most of that time but the 20-year-old had something different. Rather than being dragged into the morass around him he had risen above it, handling himself physically against grizzled opponents and scoring almost a goal a game. The Danish club needed a replacement for Alexander Sørloth, who was about to earn them a windfall by joining Crystal Palace. That transfer went through and, on the same day, Dovbykâs arrival from Dnipro was confirmed. The towering No 9s were ships in the Jutland night.</p><p>Last season their worlds collided at last. Dovbykâs hat-trick for Girona against Granada in May meant he leapfrogged Sørloth, now of Villarreal, in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/27/girona-artem-dovbyk-pichichi-la-liga">two-way contest to be La Ligaâs top scorer</a>. The vaunted <em>Pichichi </em>was his and, from nowhere, he had become one of the most sought-after centre-forwards in the world. The 26-year-old will lead the line for Ukraine when they begin their Euro 2024 campaign against Romania on Monday and it is a far cry from the early years of a career in which, for all his raw promise, little has come easy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/16/artem-dovbyk-ukraine-girona-la-liga">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/ukraine">Ukraine</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/euro-2024">Euro 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/european-championship">European Championship</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 07:00:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/16/artem-dovbyk-ukraine-girona-la-liga</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b06698647acd934ee80e3c51c73ac44658e7eefa/760_0_6066_3640/master/6066.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=70570bb895f92413e453fbc5db83f3d0"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Pat Elmont/UEFA/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b06698647acd934ee80e3c51c73ac44658e7eefa/760_0_6066_3640/master/6066.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d5f362068e7bd3dae7c0dd62bdd8cc44"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Pat Elmont/UEFA/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nick Ames in Dortmund</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-06-16T07:00:42Z</dc:date> </item>
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