Artem Kholod

Artem Kholod

Personal information
Full name	Artem Olehovych Kholod
Date of birth	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Jelgava
Number	32
Youth career
2009–2016	Metalist Kharkiv
2016–2019	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2022	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (loan)	18	(1)
2021–2022	→ Mariupol (loan)	4	(0)
2022–2023	El Paso Locomotive	3	(0)
2023–2024	Chernomorets Burgas	10	(3)
2024–	Jelgava	5	(0)
International career^‡
2016–2017	Ukraine U17	21	(7)
2018–2019	Ukraine U19	5	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 May 2021

Artem Kholod (Ukrainian: Артем Олегович Холод; born 22 January 2000) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Latvian Higher League side Jelgava.^[1]

Career

Born in Kharkiv, Kholod began his career in the local FC Metalist youth sportive schools, with his first trainer Yevhen Nazarov, until his transfer to the FC Shakhtar youth sportive system in 2016.^[2]

He played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and never made his debut for the senior Shakhtar Donetsk's squad. In August 2020 Kholod signed one-year loan contract with the Ukrainian First League FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and made the debut for this team as a start squad player in a drawing home match against FC Nyva Vinnytsia on 5 September 2020.

On 8 August 2022, El Paso Locomotive announced the signing of Kholod from Shakhtar Donetsk for the 2022 USL Championship season.^[3]

References

1. Artem Kholod at Soccerway
2. Роман Толочко та Артем Холод - гравці ФК "Металіст 1925" (in Ukrainian). Official Metalist 1925 Kharkiv website. 19 May 2021.
3. "El Paso Locomotive FC Welcomes Defender Artem Kholod". eplocomotivefc.com/. El Paso Locomotive FC. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

External links

• Artem Kholod at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)