Danylo Sikan

Danylo Sikan
Sikan with the Ukrainian Super Cup trophy in 2021
Personal information
Full name Danylo Yaroslavovych Sikan
Date of birth (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2014 Polissya Zhytomyr
2014–2018 Karpaty Lviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Karpaty Lviv 1 (0)
2019– Shakhtar Donetsk 87 (24)
2019Mariupol (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2021Mariupol (loan) 14 (4)
2022Hansa Rostock (loan) 11 (1)
International career
2017–2018 Ukraine U17 5 (3)
2018–2019 Ukraine U19 11 (7)
2019 Ukraine U20 6 (4)
2019–2023 Ukraine U21 19 (9)
2024 Ukraine U23 9 (1)
2021– Ukraine 7 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2019 Poland
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Georgia-Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2024

Danylo Yaroslavovych Sikan (Ukrainian: Дани́ло Яросла́вович Сіка́н; born 16 April 2001) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national football team.

Club career

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Sikan began playing football in Polissya Zhytomyr as a child. As a teenager, he began playing for Karpaty Lviv. He made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in a match against Zorya Luhansk on 12 August 2018,[1] but then played in competitions for reserves. Later in the 2018-19 season, Sikan was loaned out to FC Mariupol.

Sikar joined Shakhtar Donetsk in 2019, debuting with a victory against his former club Karpaty on 4 August 2019. That season he played 7 matches for the senior side and made a debut at continental club competitions on 26 November 2019 in an away tie against Manchester City. Struggling to get on a scoreboard, Sikan was placed back in competitions among reserves.

For the 2020–21 season, Sikan was loaned again to Mariupol, where he made his debut in the Ukrainian Cup competitions.

On 31 January 2022, he joined Hansa Rostock in the 2. Bundesliga league on loan until the end of the season.[2]

On 25 October 2022 in a UEFA Champions League game while playing for Shakhtar Donetsk against Celtic he missed an open goal at his mercy which was one of the worst misses in football history.

On 4 October 2023, he scored his first Champions League goals, by netting a brace for Shakhtar in a 3–2 away win over Royal Antwerp. His performance earned him the title of Player of the Match.[3] A month later, on 7 November, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Barcelona at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg.[4]

International career

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Sikan was a part of the Ukraine national U-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[5]

Sikan scored his first goal for Ukraine on 1 September 2021 against Kazakhstan, the day of his debut for the team, coming on as an 82nd minute substitute. The match ended in a 2–2 draw.[6]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 15 December 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Karpaty Lviv 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 7 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 8 0
2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 11 2 0 0 2[a] 0 1[b] 0 14 2
2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 26 9 7[c] 0 33 9
2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 28 10 4 2 8[d] 4 42 16
2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League 13 3 1 0 5[a] 1 19 4
Total 87 24 5 2 23 5 1 0 116 31
Mariupol (loan) 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Mariupol (loan) 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 14 4 2 0 16 4
Hansa Rostock (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 11 1 0 0 11 1
Career total 115 29 7 2 23 5 1 0 150 36
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  3. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 20 November 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2021 4 1
2022 2 0
2023 1 0
Total 7 1
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sikan goal.
List of international goals scored by Danylo Sikan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 September 2021 Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 2–1 2–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Shakhtar Donetsk

Ukraine U20

Individual

References

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  1. ^ Прем’єр-ліга. «Карпати» – «Зоря» – 0:1 (ВІДЕО) (in Ukrainian). fckarpaty.com. 12 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Offiziell: F.C. Hansa verpflichtet Danylo Sikan von Schachtar Donezk" (Press release) (in German). Hansa Rostock. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Goals are the team effort". Shakhtar Donetsk. 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Barcelona's winning run in Champions League ends with 1-0 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk". AP News. 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - Matches - Ukraine - Korea Republic". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ UEFA.com. "FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers - Kazakhstan v Ukraine". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  7. ^ Danylo Sikan at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Danylo Sikan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019.
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