Ruslan Malinovskyi

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Ruslan Malinovskyi

Ruslan Volodymyrovych Malinovskyi (Ukrainian: Русла́н Володи́мирович Маліно́вський; born 4 May 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, right winger or second striker for Serie A club Genoa and the Ukraine national team. He is a set piece specialist and possesses a powerful and accurate shot with either foot.[3]

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Ruslan Malinovskyi
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Malinovskyi with Ukraine in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Volodymyrovych Malinovskyi[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, right winger, second striker
Team information
Current team
Genoa
Number 17
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)
2012–2013Sevastopol (loan) 16 (1)
2013Sevastopol-2 (loan) 2 (1)
2014–2015Zorya Luhansk (loan) 44 (7)
2015–2017Genk (loan) 33 (5)
2017–2019 Genk 74 (18)
2019–2023 Atalanta 115 (23)
2023Marseille (loan) 20 (1)
2023–2024 Marseille 0 (0)
2023–2024Genoa (loan) 19 (2)
2024– Genoa 17 (2)
International career
2011–2012 Ukraine U19 6 (1)
2013–2014 Ukraine U21 19 (2)
2015– Ukraine 64 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024
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Club career

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Early career

Malinovskyi began his career at local side Polissya Zhytomyr under the management of Serhiy Zavalko.[4] On 1 September 2012, he played on loan for Sevastopol, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.[5]

Genk

On 1 January 2016, Malinovskyi was on loan to Belgian side 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 eight assists. On 29 May 2017, it was announced that Genk signed Malinovskyi permanently on a four-year contract.

Atalanta

On 16 July 2019, Malinovskyi signed for Atalanta for €13.7 million.[6] On 22 October 2019, he scored his first goal for Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League game against Manchester City.[7] Malinovskyi was named Player of the Month by Atalanta supporters.[8] He scored his first Serie A goal on 7 December 2019 in a match against Hellas Verona.[9][10]

On 24 June 2020, Malinovskyi scored the equalizing goal in a 3–2 comeback win against Lazio.[11] On 18 April 2021, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Juventus;[12]

On 19 May 2021, he scored in the final of the Coppa Italia against the same opponents but Atalanta fell to a 1–2 defeat.[13] On 24 February 2022, after having scored a goal against Olympiacos, he showed a T-shirt with the text "No War in Ukraine" after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]

Later career

On 9 January 2023, Malinovskyi joined Ligue 1 side Marseille on loan until the end of the season, with an option for the French club to purchase the player.[15] Following a total amount of 23 appearances and two goals for Les Olympiens (split between the league and the national cup), he signed permanently for Marseille at the end of the 2022–23 season.[16]

On 19 August 2023, Malinovskyi officially joined newly promoted Serie A club Genoa on a season-long loan,[16][17] with a 10 million-worth option to buy in favor of the Italian club.[17][18] Genoa signed him permanently on 31 January 2024.[19]

International career

On 31 March 2015, Malinovskyi debuted for the Ukrainian senior squad in a friendly match against Latvia, coming on as a substitute to Roman Bezus in the 85th minute.[20]

On 10 October 2018, he scored his first goal for the national team in a 1–1 friendly draw against Italy, equalizing the score in the 62nd minute of the match.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 March 2025[22]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League 8181
2011–12 Ukrainian Second League 254254
2012–13 Ukrainian Second League 6565
Total 39103910
Sevastopol-2 (loan) 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League 2121
Sevastopol (loan) 2012–13 Ukrainian First League 16120181
2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 001010
Total 16130191
Zorya Luhansk (loan) 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 8383
2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 231504[b]2323
2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 133304[b]4207
Total 44780866013
Genk 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 13020150
2016–17 Belgian Pro League 205215[b]1277
2017–18 Belgian Pro League 37552427
2018–19 Belgian Pro League 37131013[b]35116
Total 1072310318413530
Atalanta 2019–20 Serie A 348109[c]1449
2020–21 Serie A 368324[c]04310
2021–22 Serie A 3061010[d]44110
2022–23 Serie A 15100151
Total 115235223514330
Marseille (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1 20131232
Genoa 2023–24[e] Serie A 28420304
2024–25 Serie A 801090
Total 36430394
Career total 37970326491545891
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  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Part of this season was spent on loan from Marseille

International

As of match played 26 June 2024[1][23]
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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 201530
201600
201750
2018102
201993
202051
2021130
202261
202360
202470
Total647
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As of match played 11 June 2022. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Malinovskyi goal.[1][23]
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List of international goals scored by Ruslan Malinovskyi
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
110 October 2018Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy15 Italy1–11–1Friendly
216 October 2018Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine16 Czech Republic1–01–02018–19 UEFA Nations League B
37 September 2019LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania23 Lithuania3–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
411 October 2019Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine251–02–0
52–0
610 October 2020Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine31 Germany1–21–22020–21 UEFA Nations League A
711 June 2022Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland48 Armenia1–03–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B
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Honours

Sevastopol

Genk

Atalanta

Ukraine U21

Individual

References

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