Cherkaskyi Dnipro Born in
Cherkasy, Ukraine, Dovbyk is a product of the
FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro academy after graduating from the Olympic Reserve Specialized Sports School Slavutych in
Cherkasy. He made his debut against
Skala on 26 July 2014. A month later, on 16 August, he scored his first goal in a 3–1 victory against
Krystal Kherson, aged 17 years and 55 days, becoming the youngest scorer for his club in history. Later that year, on 12 October, he scored his first hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over
Arsenal Bila Tserkva. He won the
2014–15 Ukrainian Second League, scoring 7 goals.
Dnipro In summer 2015, he signed a contract with
FC Dnipro, but in April 2016, In 2018 with
FC Midtjylland Dovbyk became a national champion and in 2019 becoming a national cup holder. On 2 September 2019, he was loaned out to
Sønderjyske for the
2019–20 season. With Sønderjyske, Dovbyk for the second time became a Danish cup holder.
Dnipro-1 in 2023 After lacking regular playing time and dry run-on scoresheet, Dovbyk returned to Ukraine in July 2020 signing with the recently established
SC Dnipro-1 that was just promoted to the Ukrainian premiers in previous season. While his league performance was somewhat under par from what expected, Dovbyk made a nice score run in the
Ukrainian Cup netting 4 goals in three games, becoming one of the three top scorers in the tournament. Once the
2021–22 season was cancelled at the start of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dovbyk made a temporary move to
Dynamo Kyiv who were playing charity matches in Europe for the rest of the season to stay in form. In the
2022–23 season, he scored two hat-tricks for Dnipro-1 against
Zorya Luhansk and
Kolos Kovalivka, thus becoming only the tenth player in the league's history to achieve this feat. He finished the season as top scorer with 24 goals.
Girona On 6 August 2023, Dovbyk signed for
La Liga club
Girona by signing a contract until 2028, for a reported fee of €7m, to be the most expensive player in club's history. On 12 August, he scored a goal on his debut in a 1–1 away draw against
Real Sociedad. On 21 January 2024, he scored his first hat-trick within six minutes in a 5–1 victory over
Sevilla. On 4 May, he scored his 20th goal in La Liga and provided an assist in a 4–2 win over
Barcelona, contributing to his club's first ever qualification to the
UEFA Champions League. Dovbyk scored his second hat-trick in a 7–0 rout of relegated
Granada on 25 May. Hence, he surpassed
Alexander Sørloth to achieve the
Pichichi Trophy with 24 goals in his debut season.
Roma On 2 August 2024, as one of the top stars of the transfer window, Dovbyk moved to
Serie A club
Roma for a fee of €38 million. On 15 September, Dovbyk scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw at
Genoa. He finished his
first season with 12 goals (17 in all competitions), becoming the team's top scorer. On July, Dovbyk changed his jersey number from 11 to 9, ahead of the
2025–26 season. == International career ==