Artem Kravets

Kravets scored both goals for Dynamo on 34th and 73rd minutes.

Artem Anatoliyovich Kravets (Артем Анатолійович Кравець; born 3 June 1989) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Kravets appeared for regularly for the Dynamo Reserves and Dynamo-2 Kyiv until he was noticed by Dynamo's new coach Yuriy Semin, who took him to the main team in the 2007–08 season, who recognized the player's great potential.

He made his professional debut on 17 June 2007 in the last championship round against Arsenal Kyiv, replacing Balázs Farkas at half time.

On 12 December 2007, aged 18, Kravets made his UEFA Champions League by playing for 33 minutes in a 3–0 away defeat to Sporting CP in the last match that season's group stage.

Dynamo Kyiv eventually finished last in their group by losing all matches.

Kravets scored his first goal for Dynamo Kyiv senior squad on 2 March 2008 in a 4–0 home win against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

He found more space in his second season with the senior side, netting three goals in 11 appearances.

One of his most notable appearance was in UEFA Cup game against Valencia which ended in 2–2 draw on 27 February 2009, helping Kyiv to advance by aggregate goals.

In July 2009, Kravets suffered a thigh injury and the surgery was needed.

He was operated in Munich, and the recovery time was at least six weeks.

His recovery was completed in late September where he finally returned in action, being named in the squad for the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Barcelona.

He concluded the 2009–10 season by netting only in 11 appearance.

His last appearance of the season, on 6 March 2010 against Mariupol, was his 50th overall for Dynamo Kyiv.

Kravets was, arguably, Dynamo Kyiv's most natural finisher and many saw him as the natural successor to Andriy Shevchenko but since the 2010–11 season (whilst on the verge of breaking into the full national team), Artem had a series of serious injuries and missed most of the last three league campaigns.

Kravets made no appearances during the 2011–12 season in which Dynamo Kyiv finished runner-up to Shakhtar Donetsk in league.

He still featured 12 times in bench.

He was also hit by two long-term injuries which forced him to be sidelined for several months.

It was his only appearance of the season, as Dynamo Kyiv won the title for the 12th time; this also marked Kravets' first senior trophy.

In the autumn of 2012, the head coach Oleh Blokhin decided that Kravets will no longer train with the senior squad.

Kravets then continued appearing and training with the Dynamo-2 Kyiv.

Blokhin decided to give him "one last chance" by returning him to the senior squad in January 2013.

He made his competitive appearance for the senior squad in late May, where he played as starter in the last match of a season, a 3–0 win over Metalurh Zaporizhya, where Kravets scored a brace.

On 26 July 2013, Kravets was sent on loan at fellow top flight side Arsenal Kyiv until the end of the year.

He debuted the next day, starting and playing 62 minutes in a 2–0 in away at Karpaty Lviv.

He opened his scoring account later on 14 September, scoring in a 2–1 win over Volyn Lutsk.

In October 2013, Arsenal Kyiv was expelled from the league after its general director Kyiv Viktor Holovko announced that the club was filing for bankruptcy and withdrawing from competitions as it was unable to find any sponsors.

Overall, Kravets played 11 matches, including 10 in league, and scored 3 goals.

In October 2013, Kravets returned to Dynamo Kyiv after his short-term loan at Arsenal Kyiv, and was assigned to the b-squad, scoring 5 goals in 8 matches.

In December, he returned to the senior squad.

Kravets then made only one appearance for the team until the end of 2013–14 campaign, entering in the last 7 minutes of a 2–0 home defeat to Valencia in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League round of 32.

It was his first senior goal for Dynamo since May 2013 and the 20th overall.

On 17 August, Kravets scored his first professional hat-trick, contributing with three goals in a 4–1 win at Mariupol to help Dynamo jump to the first place.

On 13 September, Kravets made his 50th Ukrainian Premier League appearance by scoring in a 2–2 draw against Zorya Luhansk.

It was the 5th of the season in the league, a new personal record for him.

In July 2014, Kravetes signed a new one-year contract lasting until July 2015.

After a long struggle though with injury, he finally regained full fitness and started to display some of his original potential whilst forcing himself back into the Dynamo Kyiv first team for the 2014–15 season.

He began the new season by being in the losing side in the Ukrainian Super Cup match against rivals FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

He started his first match after a long time on 27 July in the championship first week, a 1–0 home win over Vorskla Poltava.

His first score-sheet contributions came in the second championship week against Metalist Kharkiv, with Kravets scored his team's opener in a 2–1 win at Metalist Oblast Sports Complex.