Artem Dzyuba becomes first player with 150 goals in RPL

Lokomotiv Moscow striker Artem Dzyuba overcame mark of 150 goals in RPL through hat-trick against Rostov in Matchday 18.

Player spent 74 minutes on the field scoring first goal on 34th minute, then extending team’s lead on 58th and 64th minutes. His second goal in Rostov became anniversary. This was sixth hat-trick for Dzyuba in the league, it includes four-goal game against Tambov in 2021. No one in RPL history made more hat-tricks than Dzyuba.

Dzyuba is all-time Russian championship top scorer with 151 goals in 391 matches. He passed Oleg Veretennikov, previous holder with 143 goals, in October 2021.