Andriy Vasylyovych Novikov (; born 20 April 1999) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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Career

Oleksandriya

In July 2019, he signed with

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club

FC Oleksandriya Football Club Oleksandriya (), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1990, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. The year 1948 on the ...

and made his debut on 14 February 2021 against

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. Due to the

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, which escalated in late February 2022, Novikov terminated his contract with LNZ Cherkasy, and on 5 April 2022 he joined

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club

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. However, 20 days later, he left the club again. On 3 August, Novikov signed with newly relegated

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side

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. Novikov left the club again at the end of the season.

Dinaz Vyshhorod

In 2023 he moved to Dinaz Vyshhorod in the Ukrainian Premier League for two seasons. In December 2024 his contract with the club was ended.

FC Chernihiv

On 31 January 2025 he signed for

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. On 11 April 2025, his scored his first goal with the new club against Lokomotyv Kyiv at the Bannikov Stadium in

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. On 4 June 2025, he scored the winning goal in the second leg of the Play-Offs against Skala Stryi at the Sokil Stadium.

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* 1999 births Living people Piddubny Olympic College alumni Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Kovel-Volyn Kovel players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Oleksandriya players FC LNZ Cherkasy players Kjellerup IF players Esbjerg fB players FC Dinaz Vyshhorod players FC Chernihiv players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players Danish 2nd Division players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Footballers from Cherkasy Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1990s-stub