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 Serie A club Atalanta and the Ukraine national team. He is a set piece specialist and possesses a powerful and accurate shot with either foot.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 1.1 Early career
- 1.2 Shakhtar Donetsk
- 1.2.1 Loan to Sevastopol
- 1.2.2 Loan to Zorya Luhansk
- 1.2.3 Loan to Genk
- 1.3 Genk
- 1.4 Atalanta
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Career statistics
- 3.1 Club
- 3.2 International
- 4 Honours
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Club career
Early career
Malinovskyi began his career at local side Polissya Zhytomyr under the management of Serhiy Zavalko.
Malinovskyi was a member of the Ukraine national under-19 team. From 1 September 2012, he played on loan for Sevastopol, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.
Shakhtar Donetsk
From 2011, Malinovskyi was a player of Shakhtar Donetsk, who sent him on loan to different clubs. He played for Shakhtar-3 from 2010 to 2012, playing 39 matches and scoring 10 goals. He made no appearances for Shakhtar's first team.
Loan to Sevastopol
Malinovskyi played for 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, Sevastopol-2, scoring one goal in four matches. In 2014, due to the Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula, Sevastopol was disbanded, and a new club was created on its base.
Loan to Zorya Luhansk
In 2014, Malinovskyi went on loan to Zorya Luhansk, where he became a main player in the team. He was recognised as the best young player in Ukraine. Malinovskyi scored goals not only in the Ukrainian Premier League, but also twice in the UEFA Europa League against Belgian side Charleroi.
Loan to Genk
On 1 January 2016, it was officially announced that Malinovskyi would be loaned 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 *ists.
Genk
On 29 May 2017, it was announced that Genk had redeemed Malinovskyi's contract from Shakhtar Donetsk, with the player signing a four-year deal.
Atalanta
On 16 July 2019, Malinovskyi signed for Atalanta for €13.7 million. On 22 October 2019, he scored his first goal for Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League game against Manchester City. Malinovskyi was named Player of the Month by Atalanta supporters. He scored his first Serie A goal on 7 December 2019 in a match against Hellas Verona. On 24 June 2020, Malinovskyi scored the equalizing goal in a 3–2 comeback win against Lazio. On 18 April 2021, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Juventus; this was Atalanta's first win against Juventus in Serie A since February 2001. 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.
Personal life
On 17 November 2020, Malinovskyi tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy. On 24 February, after having scored a goal against Olympiakos, he showed a t-shirt with the text "No War in Ukraine" after Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 15 May 2022International
As of match played 16 November 2021As of match played 10 October 2020. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Malinovskyi goal.Honours
Sevastopol
- Ukrainian First League: 2012–13
Genk
- Belgian First Division A: 2018–19
Atalanta
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2020–21
Ukraine U21
- Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2014
Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League Young Player of the Year: 2013–14
- Genk Player of the Season: 2018–19
- Serie A Player of the Month: May 2021, February 2022
- Serie A Top *ist Maker: 2020–21
- Golden talent of Ukraine: 2014
References
External links
- Ruslan Malinovskyi at the Ukrainian *ociation of Football