He began his career withSpartak Moscow, debuting in 2006 and making 166 appearances and scoring 38 goals. He also had two loans each atTom Tomsk andRostov, winning the2013–14 Russian Cup with the latter. In 2015, he joined Zenit, winning 10 trophies with the club, including fourRussian Premier League titles. He is the record holder for most goals scored in theRussian Premier League with 173.[1] He is also the record holder for most goals scored by a Russian player for club and country with 244.[2]
Dzyuba made his senior international debut for Russia in 2011. He represented the nation atUEFA Euro 2016, the2018 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 2020 and is the country's top scorer with 31 goals.
He attendedSpartak Moscow's football school and started playing for the team's reserves in 2005.[5] In 2006, he first played for the first team in aRussian Cup match againstFC Ural, replacingRoman Pavlyuchenko in the 85th minute. He had his first substitute appearance in theRussian Premier League in the 12th round against Saturn Moscow. He had 7 substitute appearances in that season, but did not score.[6]
In 2015, he was signed forZenit Saint Petersburg byAndré Villas-Boas.[9][8] In the2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Dzyuba managed to score a total of six goals in five consecutive matches.[10] On 31 January 2018, he joinedArsenal Tula on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[11] He became the joint top scorer of the2019–20 Russian Premier League with 17 goals, tied with his teammateSardar Azmoun.[12] That season he also provide the most assists for a second season in a row.[13] On 25 July 2020, he scored a late penalty to hand Zenit the2019–20 Russian Cup.[14] On 7 August 2020, he scored the first goal in a 2–1 victory overLokomotiv Moscow to win the2020 Russian Super Cup.[15] On 2 May 2021, he scored twice as Zenit secured their third title in a row in a 6–1 victory over second-placeFC Lokomotiv Moscow.[16] On the last match day of the 2020–21 league season on 16 May 2021, he scored 4 goals againstFC Tambov, bringing his total to 20 and overtaking his teammateSardar Azmoun (who had 19 goals) as the top goal scorer.[17][18] On 16 October 2021 in a game againstFC Arsenal Tula he scored his 100th goal for Zenit.[19] On 29 October 2021 in a game againstFC Dynamo Moscow, he scored his 144th goal in theRussian Premier League, becoming the league's record holder for the number of goals scored.[1]
On 22 May 2022, Zenit announced that Dzyuba would leave the club when his contract expired in July.[20] In July 2022, Dzyuba began training withFC Rubin Kazan to maintain fitness. Dzyuba ultimately refused a contract offer from the club.
On 8 February 2023, Artem Dzyuba signed a contract withLokomotiv Moscow until the end of the 2022–23 season.[23] On the same day, Lokomotiv signedIgor Smolnikov,[24] who at that point played over 100 games as Dzyuba's teammate at Zenit and the national team. In his league debut for Lokomotiv on 4 March 2023, he scored ahat-trick in a 3–1 away victory overFC Rostov.[25]
On 25 May 2023, Dzyuba extended his contract with Lokomotiv for the 2023–24 season, with an option for 2024–25.[26]
On 29 May 2024, Lokomotiv announced that Dzyuba left the club as his contract expired.[27]
On 12 September 2024, Dzyuba signed a contract for the 2024–25 season withRussian Premier League newcomersAkron Tolyatti.[28] On 7 December 2024, Dzyuba scored the winning goal in Akron's away 2–1 victory over his former club and the defending champions,Zenit St. Petersburg.[29] On 9 March 2025, Dzyuba scored his 234th career goal for club and country, setting a record for most goals by a Russian player, overtakingAleksandr Kerzhakov.[2]
On 1 June 2025, Dzyuba signed a new one-season contract with Akron.[30]
After the2014 World Cup, which Dzyuba also missed withFabio Capello preferringAleksandr Kokorin andAleksandr Kerzhakov instead, he started to be called up regularly during theUEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. He scored his first goal againstLiechtenstein on 8 September 2014, his side's final goal in a 4–0 rout of the minnows at theArena Khimki.[34] Exactly a year later, he scored four goals in a 7–0 win over the same opponents in the reverse fixture;[35] he ended the campaign as Russia's top goalscorer with eight goals as they qualified forUEFA Euro 2016.[8]
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended2018 FIFA World Cup squad,[36] and on 3 June, he was included in thefinal edition.[37] He came on as a substitute in theopening game on 14 June and scored the third goal of a 5–0 win overSaudi Arabia.[38] He continued his impressive performance by scoring a goal in thesecond match that Russia beatEgypt 3–1, sending Russia to the knockout stage for the first time. In the match againstSpain in theRound of 16 on 1 July, he converted a penalty minutes before half-time, making the score 1–1. Dzyuba was then substituted in the second half and Russia eventually won the game 4–3 onpenalties.[39]
After the retirement ofSergei Ignashevich andIgor Akinfeev from the national team, Dzyuba became the team's captain.[40] On 9 June 2019, he scored four goals in aUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match againstSan 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.[41] On 10 October, he scored his 23rd international goal, overhauling fellowRoman Pavlyuchenko in the tally.[42]
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad forUEFA Euro 2020.[45] On 2 June 2021, he was included in thefinal squad.[46] He played the full match in Russia'sopening game againstBelgium on 12 June 2021 as Russia lost 3–0.[47] He played 83 minutes in Russia'ssecond game againstFinland on 16 June 2021 as Russia won 1–0, and assisted onAleksei Miranchuk's winning goal.[48] On 21 June, he played all 90 minutes of Russia'sfinal game againstDenmark, scoring Russia's only goal from a penalty kick. They lost 4–1, and Russia were eliminated from the competition.[49] However, with that goal against Denmark, he equaled Aleksandr Kerzhakov's record of 30 goals as all-time top scorer of the national team.[50]
After a four year break from international duty, Dzyuba was re-called for the friendlies againstGrenada andZambia on March 2025.[51] He scored his 31st international goal against Grenada, overtaking Kerzhakov on the all-time national team goalscorer list.[52]
On 2 March 2022, Dzyuba and several other Russian players were tagged in an Instagram video by Ukrainian footballerAndriy Yarmolenko who criticized them for being silent during theRussian invasion of Ukraine. In the video, Yarmolenko said "I know that some of you like to show your balls on camera but now it is time for you to show your balls in real life", referring to Dzyuba's viralsex tape.[54][55] Dzyuba subsequently wrote an Instagram post stating that he is proud of his country. He refused to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine and maintained that the people of Russia are victims of double standards andracial discrimination.[54][56] In March 2023, Dzyuba was added toMyrotvorets' list of people who are considered, by the authors of the website, to be "enemies of Ukraine".[57][58]
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