Artem Kholod (; born 22 January 2000) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side Tukums 2000.

Career

Born in

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

, 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. He played in the

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and never made his debut for the senior

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's squad. In August 2020 Kholod signed one-year loan contract with the

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FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and made the debut for this team as a start squad player in a drawing home match against

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on 5 September 2020. On 8 August 2022,

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announced the signing of Kholod from

for the

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* 2000 births Living people Footballers from Kharkiv Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv players FC Mariupol players El Paso Locomotive FC players FC Chernomorets 1919 Burgas players Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players USL Championship players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Ukraine men's youth international footballers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub