Artem Tovkach
Ukrainian footballer (born 2002)
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Artem Ihorovych Tovkach (Ukrainian: Артем Ігорович Товкач; born 30 December 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ukrainian club Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Artem Ihorovych Tovkach | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kirovohrad, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2018 | Dnipro | ||
| 2018–2019 | Inter Dnipro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Zorya Luhansk | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 45 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | → Kremin-2 Kremenchuk | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 19 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 December 2025 | |||
Career
Tovkach began playing football at age 7. In Dnipro he attended Specialized secondary school # 141.[1] In May 2014 His school team took part in Ukrainian competition of the Danone Nations Cup. During regional finals of the competition his team won 5:0 against secondary school # 55 from Donetsk and won 1:0 secondary school # 6 from Kupiansk on 20 May.[2] During the Ukrainian final held in Arena Lviv on 28 May they won 2:0 against a team from Sumy.[1] Tovkach played in the final part of the competition held of 14 to 16 November at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil.[3] His team finished twenty-fifth.[4][5]
Kremin
On 18 July 2021, Tovkach moved to Ukrainian First League club Kremin Kremenchuk and took the number 35 shirt.[6] He made his debut for Kremin on 14 August replacing Viktor Pylypenko at 86 minutes in a 4:1 loss against Kryvbas.[7] While preparing for the spring part of 2021–22 Ukrainian First League Kremin played in "Poltava Spring 2022" regional competition. During the 23 February 2022 match he received a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone of the left foot sidelining him for at least a month and a half.[8] He scored his debut goal for Kremin in a 7:0 win against Hirnyk-Sport on 18 September.[9] Tovkach made his debut for Kremin-2 on 22 September being substituted on the 46th minute in a 1:0 loss against Khust.[10]
