Artem crossed the 16-goal mark in the current Spanish Championship.
Ukrainian forward of Girona Artem Dovbikbecame the first Ukrainian since Andriy Shevchenko to score more than 15 goals in a season in the top 5 European leagues.
This season, the 26-year-old striker scored 16 goals and assisted five assists in 28 Spanish league matches.
Previously, the last Ukrainian football player to score 15+ goals in a season in one of the five leading European championships was Andriy Shevchenko, who scored 19 goals for Milan in the 2005/06 Serie A.
15 – Artem Dovbyk (16 with Girona in Laliga this time) is the first Ukrainian player with 15+ results in one part at the top of five European own weights Andrey Shevchenko in Serie A with AC Milan in 2005/06 (19th). Reference. pic.twitter.com/cpqrZpmNlY
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In Girona’s last match against Betis, Dovbik scored a double. First, the Ukrainian converted a penalty and then scored from the game. The Catalan team snatched victory (3:2) thanks to a goal from Christian Stuani in stoppage time.
Dovbik currently leads the La Liga scoring race. Jude Bellingham from Real Madrid and Ante Budimir from Osasuna have the same number of goals scored (16 each), but fewer assists.
In addition, Artem became only the second player in the history of Girona , who managed to score more than 15 goals in one La Liga season.
Eight rounds before the end of the championship, Girona is in third place in the Spanish Championship with 65 points. Michel's team is two points behind Barcelona and ten behind Real Madrid, Ukrainian goalkeeper Andrey Lunin.
In the next round of Primera, the team of Dovbik and another Ukrainian Viktor Tsygankov will play away against Atlético Madrid on April 13 “.