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Danylo Sikan
Ukrainian footballer
Danylo Yaroslavovych Sikan (Ukrainian: Данило Ярославович Сікан; born 16 April 2001) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national football team.
.jpg) Sikan with the Ukrainian Super Cup trophy in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 63 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Mariupol (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Mariupol (loan) | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Hansa 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Ukraine | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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]
Club
- As of 22 February 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 33 | 9 | |||
| 2023–24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | — | 25 | 7 | |||
| Total | 59 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 17 | ||
| 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 | 91 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 23 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
- Four Appearances in UEFA Champions League and three appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 20 November 2023[7]
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 1 September 2021 | Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Shakhtar Donetsk
Ukraine U20
Individual
- Прем’єр-ліга. «Карпати» – «Зоря» – 0:1 (ВІДЕО) (in Ukrainian). fckarpaty.com. 12 August 2018.
- "Offiziell: F.C. Hansa verpflichtet Danylo Sikan von Schachtar Donezk" (Press release) (in German). Hansa Rostock. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- "Goals are the team effort". Shakhtar Donetsk. 5 October 2023.
- "Barcelona's winning run in Champions League ends with 1-0 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk". AP News. 8 November 2023.
- 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.
- UEFA.com. "FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers - Kazakhstan v Ukraine". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- "Danylo Sikan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- "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.
- "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.
- Danylo Sikan at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Danylo Sikan at Soccerway