Joined West Ham United from Borussia Dortmund on 11 July 2018...Made his West Ham United debut in a 1-0 pre-season victory at Wycombe Wanderers on 14 July 2018...Made his competitive debut as a substitute in the 4-0 Premier League defeat at Liverpool on 12 August 2018.

Born to Ukrainian parents in Leningrad – now Saint Petersburg – in what was then the Soviet Union in October 1989...Moved home to Ukraine to the city of Chernihiv while he was still a child...Played for local club Desna Chernihiv before signing for Dynamo Kyiv at the age of 17 in December 2006, starting a ten-year association with the Ukrainian giants...Praised for his attacking prowess and compared to compatriot Andriy Shevchenko...Impressed for Dynamo’s second team before being promoted to the senior side in May 2008, when he was still just 18...Became a regular in the 2009/10 season and was an automatic starter for Dynamo side for the next eight seasons, winning three Ukrainian Premier League titles and two Ukrainian Cups...Hit double figures in each of his final seven years with Dynamo, hitting 21 in 2013/14 and 19 in each of his last three seasons in the Ukrainian capital...Featured regularly for the national side since netting twice his debut against Andorra in September 2009...Started all three group-stage games as Ukraine hosted UEFA Euro 2012, including their controversial 1-0 defeat by England, before scoring in both Play-Off legs as they beat Slovenia to qualify for Euro 2016, where he again started all three group matches...Ranked second on Ukraine's all-time goalscorer list behind the legendary Andriy Shevchenko.