Artyom Delkin began his career in the Dimitrovgrad team “Wings of the Soviets-SOK”, into which he ended up after studying at the Yuri Konoplev Football Academy.
The first steps to big football
In the second division, Artyom Delkin spent 4 years - two in the “wings”, taking part in 36 meetings and scoring 5 goals, and two more in the Togliatti club “Academy”, which teamed up with his former team, where he showed a crazy result, scoring 21 goals in 46 games.
Forward success did not go unnoticed in leagues a level higher. And in 2009, Artyom Delkin received several offers from PFL clubs, from which he chose a contract with Nizhny Novgorod. But the striker did not work out in the new club - he spent the ending of 2010 in KAMAZ, and for the 2011/2012 season he moved to the FNL club - Vladimir “Torpedo”.
Success in Samara and Vladimir
“Avtozavodtsy” partially revived the striker’s career by regularly appearing on the field, for which Artyom himself thanked the mentor with 14 goals, including a hat-trick in the last match against “Baltika”, thanks to which the team kept a residence permit in the FNL. At the same time, Delkin was invited to the Russian youth team, for which in 2012 he spent 7 games, scoring two decisive goals in the final match of the Commonwealth Cup.
The rapid growth of the striker this time was seen in the Premier League. “Wings of the Soviets” from Samara, who were looking for another striker for a couple Sergei Kornilenko with a view to possible replacement in the future, decided that Artyom Delkin is perfect for this role. The forward held his first goal for the Samara team already in September - as part of the Russian Cup, scoring a decisive goal in extra time in the match against Orenburg “Gazovik”.
At the end of the first season, the Russian had not much practice, but in 2013, the coaches began to trust the young player more, releasing him more often on the field. As a result, having played in 10 matches, Artyom scored 3 goals, but, acting not at the most convenient position for himself, he could not prove himself fully, and “Wings”, according to the results of the championship, could not keep their place in the Premier League and went down to the FNL. There, having played half the season, Delkin decided to change his team, first went on lease to Tyumen, where he scored 7 points in 13 matches, and in 2015 arranged for a transfer to Orenburg's Gazovik.
Departure to Orenburg
The team, which Artyom's productive blow did not let in the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Russia several years ago, turned out to be an excellent platform for him to unlock his potential. In the 2015/2016 season, “Gazovik” played in the FNL, Artyom Delkin, whose injury at the end of the championship affected his game, showed excellent results, scoring 16 goals in 29 games, thereby ensuring the Orenburg club 1 place in the championship and access to the Premier league.