Dzmitry Kowb

{{short description|Belarusian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dzmitry Kowb

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Minsk, Belarusian SSR

| height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Dinamo Minsk (youth coach)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Dinamo Minsk

| youthyears2 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs2 = Shakhtyor Soligorsk

| years1 = 2008–2011

| clubs1 = Belshina Bobruisk

| caps1 = 53

| goals1 = 18

| years2 = 2010

| clubs2 = → DSK Gomel (loan)

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 2012

| clubs3 = Minsk

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = Belshina Bobruisk

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2013

| clubs5 = Dnepr Mogilev

| caps5 = 17

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2014

| clubs6 = Trakai

| caps6 = 31

| goals6 = 11

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Vitebsk

| caps7 = 12

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2015–2016

| clubs8 = Gorodeya

| caps8 = 19

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2017

| clubs9 = Narva Trans

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 10

| years10 = 2017

| clubs10 = Minerva Punjab

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2018

| clubs11 = Baranovichi

| caps11 = 9

| goals11 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2019–

| managerclubs1 = Dinamo Minsk (youth)

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Dzmitry Kowb ({{langx|be|Дзмiтры Коўб}}; {{langx|ru|Дмитрий Ковб}}; born 20 January 1987) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who last played for Baranovichi as a forward.

Career

In 2014, while playing for FK Trakai in the A Lyga, he drew international media attention with his goal celebration, in which he celebrated scoring a late equalizer by running into the spectator stands and applauding for himself.{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sportvideo/footballvideo/10816627/Striker-Dzmitry-Kowb-scores-for-Lithuanian-club-Trakai-FK-and-applauds-himself-in-stands-as-goal-celebration.html |title=Striker Dzmitry Kowb scores for Lithuanian club Trakai FK and applauds himself in stands as goal celebration |access-date=4 April 2018 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124318/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sportvideo/footballvideo/10816627/Striker-Dzmitry-Kowb-scores-for-Lithuanian-club-Trakai-FK-and-applauds-himself-in-stands-as-goal-celebration.html |url-status=live }}

In 2017 he signed with I-League club Minerva Punjab,{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/minerva-sign-dzmitry-kowb-472556|title=Minerva sign Dzmitry Kowb|archive-date=28 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128052556/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/minerva-sign-dzmitry-kowb-472556|location=Chandigarh|website=tribuneindia.com|publisher=The Tribune India|date=25 September 2017|access-date=28 November 2023}}{{cite web|title=Our latest recruit, Belarusian hitman Dzmitry Koub will lead our frontline|url=https://twitter.com/Minerva_AFC/status/911921474331492352|publisher=Minerva Punjab (twitter)|date=24 September 2017|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024758/https://twitter.com/Minerva_AFC/status/911921474331492352|url-status=live}} but eventually left the club without making an appearance.{{fact|date=August 2022}}

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