Russian · Moscow, Russia · Born 22 August 1988Artem Dzyuba is Russia's all-time record goalscorer for club and country, a towering striker who captained the national team through the 2018 home World Cup quarterfinal run and back-to-back league titles with Zenit.
Artem Dzyuba became the Russian Premier League's all-time leading scorer with 177 goals and the highest scorer in Russian football history across all competitions with 248, a body of work built almost entirely at Zenit Saint Petersburg across four league title-winning campaigns. After loan spells at Tom Tomsk and Rostov, where he won the 2013-14 Russian Cup, he transferred permanently to Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2015, where he became a prolific goalscorer and the club's talisman for the following seven seasons. Dzyuba's career hit a low point in 2017 following a reported altercation with national team coach Stanislav Cherchesov, and he was subsequently demoted to Zenit's reserve squad under new coach Roberto Mancini before securing a loan move to Arsenal Tula to salvage his place at the following year's World Cup. His gamble paid off spectacularly: at the 2018 tournament on home soil, Dzyuba scored three goals as Russia reached the quarterfinals, the country's best World Cup result since the Soviet Union's collapse, with pundits and teammates crediting his leadership and physical presence for lifting the squad. Dzyuba returned to Zenit as the club's central figure, winning four Russian Premier League titles between 2015 and 2022 and becoming the league's all-time top scorer with 177 goals, as well as Russia's all-time leading scorer for club and country combined with 248 goals. He captained the national team before being left out of the squad in 2022 amid the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and later played for Adana Demirspor in Turkey before returning to Russian football with Lokomotiv Moscow and Akron Tolyatti.
Captaining Russia to the 2018 World Cup quarterfinals on home soil and holding the country's all-time scoring record
How They Played
Physically imposing target man renowned for aerial ability, hold-up play, and clinical finishing
Lasting Impact
Russia's most prolific goalscorer of the modern era, remembered for both his physical presence on the pitch and his leadership during the country's most successful recent World Cup
Career Honours
- Russia's all-time record goalscorer for club and country (248 goals)
- Russian Premier League's all-time top scorer (177 goals)
- 4x Russian Premier League champion (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
- FIFA World Cup quarterfinalist and captain (2018)
- 2x Russian Footballer of the Year
| Club | Period | Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Spartak Moscow | 2006–2015 | — |
| Tom Tomsk | 2009–2011 | — |
| Rostov | 2013–2015 | — |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2015–2022 | — |
| Arsenal Tula | 2018–2018 | — |
| Adana Demirspor | 2022–2023 | — |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2023–2024 | — |
| Akron Tolyatti | 2024–present | — |
Russian Athletes