Ruslan Malinovskyi

Ruslan Volodymyrovych Malinovskyi (Ukrainian: Руслан Володимирович Маліновський; born 4 May 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Atalanta in the Serie A. Malinovskyi is a set piece specialist and possesses a powerful and accurate shot with either foot.[2]

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Malinovskyi.

Ruslan Malinovskyi

Malinovskyi with Ukraine in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Volodymyrovych Malinovskyi
Date of birth	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993
Place of birth	Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Atalanta
Number	18
Youth career
2000–2005	Polissya Zhytomyr
2006–2010	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	(0)
2011–2012	→ Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	39	(10)
2012–2013	→ Sevastopol (loan)	16	(1)
2013	→ Sevastopol-2 (loan)	2	(1)
2014–2015	→ Zorya Luhansk (loan)	44	(7)
2015–2017	→ Genk (loan)	33	(5)
2017–2019	Genk	74	(18)
2019–	Atalanta	34	(8)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Ukraine U19	6	(1)
2013–2014	Ukraine U21	19	(2)
2015–	Ukraine	27	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:05, 1 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

Early career

Malinovskyi is a product of the FC Polissya Zhytomyr youth sportive school system. His first trainer was Serhiy Zavalko.[3]

Malinovskyi was a member of Ukrainian national under-19 football team. From 1 September 2012 he is playing on loan for FC Sevastopol. On loan contract was signed for 1.5 years.[4]

Shakhtar Donetsk

From 2011, Malinovskyi was a player of FC Shakhtar Donetsk who sent him on loan to different clubs. He began to play for Shakhtar-3 from 2010 to 2012 playing 39 matches and scored 10 goals. He did not make an appearance for Shaktar's first team.

Loan to Sevastopol

Malinovskyi played for FC Sevastopol in the 2012–13 season making 16 appearances and scoring one goal. Also, in 2013 he played for the farm club of the team, FC Sevastopol 2. There he scored 1 goal in 4 matches. In 2014, due to the Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula, FC Sevastopol was disbanded, and a new club was created on its base.

Loan to Zorya Luhansk

In 2014, Malinovsky went on loan to FC Zorya Luhansk where he became a main player in the team. He was recognized as the best young player in Ukraine. He scored goals not only in the Ukrainian Premier League, but also twice in the UEFA Europa League against Belgian club R. Charleroi S.C.

Loan to Genk

On 1 January 2016, it was officially announced that Malinovskyi would be loaned to Belgian side K.R.C. Genk until the end of the season. He debuted for the club in the Belgian Cup semi-final against Standard Liège and spent 72 minutes on the field. Altogether, during the loan at the Belgian club, Malinovskyi played 41 games in all tournaments, in which he scored 13 goals and made 8 assists.

Genk

On 29 May 2017, it was announced that Genk had redeemed Malinovsky's contract from Shakhtar. The Belgian club and the player signed the contract for four years.

Atalanta

On 16 July 2019, Malinovskyi signed for Atalanta for €13.7 million.[5] On 22 October 2019, he scored his first goal for Atalanta in the Champions League game against Manchester City.[6] Malinovskyi became player of the month October by the votes of Atalanta supporters.[7] On 7 December 2019, Malinovskyi scored his first goal in Serie A in a match against Hellas Verona.[8][9] On 24 June 2020, Malinovskyi scored a sensational strike in a 3–2 comeback win against Lazio.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 August 2020[11]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Super Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	2010–11	Ukrainian Second League	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2011–12		25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	4
	2012–13		6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
	Total		39	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	10
Sevastopol-2	2012–13	Ukrainian Second League	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Sevastopol	2012–13	Ukrainian First League	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
	2013–14	Ukrainian Premier League	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Zorya Luhansk	2013–14	Ukrainian Premier League	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
	2014–15		23	1	5	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	32	3
	2015–16		13	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	20	7
	Total		44	7	8	0	0	0	8	6	0	0	60	13
Genk	2015–16	Belgian First Division A	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2016–17		20	5	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	27	7
	2017–18		37	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	7
	2018–19		37	13	1	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	51	16
	Total		107	23	10	3	0	0	18	4	0	0	135	30
Atalanta	2019–20	Serie A	34	8	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	44	9
	Total		34	8	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	44	9
Career total			242	50	22	3	9	1	26	10	0	0	299	64

International

As of 17 November 2019[12]

Ukraine
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	3	0
2016	0	0
2017	5	0
2018	10	2
2019	9	3
Total	27	5

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[13]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 October 2018	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy	Italy	1–1	1–1	Friendly
2.	16 October 2018	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Czech Republic	1–0	1–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
3.	7 September 2019	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Lithuania	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4.	11 October 2019	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Lithuania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5.				2–0

Honors

Sevastopol

• Ukrainian First League: 2012–13

Genk

• Belgian First Division A: 2018–19

Ukraine U21

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2014[14]

References

1. https://www.atalanta.it/personaggi/ruslan-malinovskyi
2. Futbolgrad (18 July 2019). "Ruslan Malinovskyi - Who is Atalanta's Ukrainian Midfielder?". Futbolgrad. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
3. Перший тренер Маліновського: "Після першого тренування попросив у Руслана свідоцтво про народження" (in Ukrainian). footboom.com. 17 May 2017.
4. Официально. Руслан Малиновский – игрок ФК «Севастополь» (in Russian). Official FC Sevastopol Site. 16 January 2013.
5. "Ruslan Malinovskyi è dell'Atalanta" [Atalanta got Ruslan Malinovskyi]. www.atalanta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
6. Stadium, Richard Jolly at the Etihad (22 October 2019). "Sterling hat-trick helps 10-man Manchester City thrash Atalanta 5-1". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
7. B.C, Atalanta (1 November 2019). "Man of the Month Ottobre by #ItalianOptic La Finale #GoAtalantaGo". @Atalanta_BC. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
8. "Gran gol di Malinovskyi prima del 45': Atalanta-Verona è 1-1 - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
9. "Le pagelle contro l'Hellas Verona: top Djimsiti, Papu e Malinovskyi « Bergamo e Sport". www.bergamoesport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
10. "Serie A: Atalanta fight back from two goals down to beat Lazio; Inter Milan's title hopes diminish after draw against Sassuolo - Sports News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
11. "Ukraine - R. Malinovskiy - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
12. "Ruslan Malinovskyi - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
13. "Malinovskyi, Ruslan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
14. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cis2014.html

External links

• Ruslan Malinovskyi at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
• Ruslan Malinovskyi at Soccerway