Akron Togliatti officially signed forward Artem Dzyuba for the rest of 2024/25 season.

36-year-old striker joined Akron as free agent. For one and half years Dzyuba had been playing for Lokomotiv scoring 12 goals in 39 matches. In RPL player also represented Spartak Moscow, Tom Tomsk, FC Rostov, Zenit St. Petersburg and Arsenal Tula. Dzyuba is Russian top division all-time best scorer with 160 goals and four-time RPL champion.