Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Hutsulyak ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Гуцуляк; born 25 December 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a

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for Polissya Zhytomyr and the Ukraine national team.

Career

Hutsulyak is the product of the UFK Lviv School System. His first trainers were Taras Pavlish and Andriy Dulibskyi.

FC Karpaty

He made his debut for Karpaty Lviv against

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on 1 March 2015 in Ukrainian Premier League.

FC Desna Chernihiv

In 2020 he signed for with Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League, becoming the most expensive player bought by the club of Chernihiv. He helped them qualify for the quarterfinals of the 2019-20 Ukrainian Cup. He was included in the match day lineup for Desna Chernihiv against VfL Wolfsburg in the 2020–21 Europa League third qualifying round at the AOK Stadion and made his first European competitive appearance as a second-half substitute. On 8 March 2021 he scored his first league goal for Desna Chernihiv against Rukh Lviv in a 4–0 away victory. On 10 April he scored his second league goal against

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in a 4–1 victory.

Dnipro-1

On 15 August 2021, he transferred to

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on a four-year contract for €500,000,

International career

Hutsulyak has represented Ukraine at every level from under-16 to under-21. In April 2022 he received his first call-up to the Ukraine national team but did not appear. He made his debut on 21 March 2024 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Honours

Individual

* Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Round: 2020–21 Round 5

Career statistics

Club

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutsulyak, Oleksiy 1997 births Living people People from Krasyliv Men's association football forwards Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's international footballers FC Karpaty Lviv players Villarreal CF C players FC Desna Chernihiv players SC Dnipro-1 players Ukrainian Premier League players Tercera División players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Footballers from Khmelnytskyi Oblast