Ukrainian football striker

Artem Favorov (Ukrainian: Артем Володимирович Фаворов; born 19 March 1994) is a Ukrainian football striker who plays for Zalaegerszeg on loan from Puskás Akadémia.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
  • 1.2 Vejle Boldklub
  • 1.3 FC Desna Chernihiv
  • 1.4 Puskás Akadémia FC
  • 1.5 Zalaegerszeg (loan)
  • 1.6 Puskás Akadémia FC
• 2 National Team
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Outside of professional football
• 5 Career statistics
  • 5.1 Club
• 6 Honours
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Career

Favorov is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.

FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv

From 2013 to 2016 he played for Obolon-Brovar Kyiv, in the season 2015-16, he become the top scorer of the Ukrainian First League with Obolon-Brovar Kyiv with 11 goals.

Vejle Boldklub

in 2017 he moved to Vejle Boldklub, he scored against Næstved Boldklub and contrinuited to win Danish 1st Division in the season 2017–18.

FC Desna Chernihiv

In 2018 he signed a contract with FC Desna Chernihiv the team in Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League, where played also older brother Denys Favorov. With FC Desna Chernihiv got into the Round of 16 (⅛) of the Ukrainian Cup in the season 2018–19. He played 57 caps scoring 14 goals, allowing the team to get 8th position in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Puskás Akadémia FC

In 2020, the 25-year-old midfielder has signed 2.5 years contract with the new club Puskás Akadémia is now ranked fourth in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. This is the first full-fledged transfer in the history of FC Desna Chernihiv with 470k euro. He scored his first goal 8 February 2020 against Paksi FC. He made 10 caps and contributed to achieve the 3rd place and qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round.

Zalaegerszeg (loan)

In summer 2020 he went on loan to Zalaegerszeg in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I for 1 year. In the season 2020–21, with the new club, he scored his first goal of the season, winning 0–3 away against MTK Budapest. On 23 December 2020 he scored his second goal against Újpest FC On 31 January 2021, he scored his third goal of the season against Paksi FC On 13 February 2021 he scored against Kisvárda FC in the defeat 2–1. On 3 April 2021 he scored against Diósgyőri VTK in Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 2020–21 season. In April 2021 he scored against Budafoki in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. On 24 April 2014 he scored against his former team Puskás Akadémia at the Pancho Aréna for the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in a match ending 1–4 for Zalaegerszeg.

Puskás Akadémia FC

In June 2021 he returned by loan to Puskás Akadémia.The 8 June and 15 June 2021 he played against Inter Turku for the UEFA Europa Conference League for the First qualifying round of the season 2021–22.On 27 June 2021 he played for the Second qualifying round of the season 2021–22 against RFS.On 1 August he played the first match against Újpest for the 2021-22 of Nemzeti Bajnokság I.On 18 August 2021 he scored his first goal in the season 2021-22 against his ex team Zalaegerszeg away let his team to win 1-3 at the ZTE Arena in Zalaegerszeg.On 19 September 2021, he played against BFC Siófok in Magyar Kupa in the season 2021-22.On 30 January 2022 he scored against Fehérvár giving the victory for his club at the Pancho Aréna.On 7 May 2022 he scored against Debrecen at the Nagyerdei Stadion for the 2021-22 of Nemzeti Bajnokság I.On 15 May 2022 he scored against Honvéd at the Pancho Aréna in Felcsút, getting into the third place Nemzeti Bajnokság I and been the season with most appearances together with Magyar Kupa and UEFA Europa Conference League.

National Team

He was called up to play for the 23-man squad of the Ukraine national under-21 football team by trainer Serhiy Kovalets in the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup in January 2014, but then was removed from the squad.

Personal life

His older brother Denys Favorov is also a professional football player, been elected best Player Ukrainian First League in 2017–18 with FC Desna Chernihiv and he has been elected Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 2020.

Outside of professional football

In March 2022, during the Siege of Chernihiv, Artem with his brother Denys Favorov and others players, provided money for the needs of the Armed Forces of the city of Chernihiv.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2022

Honours

Desna Chernihiv

• Ukrainian First League: 2017–18

Obolon-Brovar Kyiv

• Ukrainian Second League: 2014–15

Individual

• Top Scorer of Ukrainian First League: 2015-16 (11 goals),
• Top Scorer of Zalaegerszegi: season 2020–21 (7 goals),
• Best Player of Ukrainian First League: 2015-16
• Best Player of Zalaegerszegi in 2020-21
• Top Scorer of Puskás Akadémia: runner-up 2021-22 (6 goals),

References

External links

• Profile from Official site of Puskás Akadémia
• Artem Favorov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Artem Favorov at Soccerway
• Favorov - Instagram