Ruslan Volodymyrovych Malinovskyi ( uk, Руслан Володимирович Маліновський; born 4 May 1993) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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, on loan from

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club

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, and the Ukraine national team. He is a

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specialist and possesses a powerful and accurate shot with either foot.

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 Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.

Shakhtar Donetsk

From 2011, Malinovskyi was a player of

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

, 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

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, Sevastopol was disbanded, and a new club was created on its base.

Loan to Zorya Luhansk

In 2014, Malinovskyi went on loan to

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, 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

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, but also twice in the

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against Belgian side Charleroi.

Loan to Genk

On 1 January 2016, it was officially announced that Malinovskyi would be loaned to Belgian side

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until the end of the season. He debuted for the club in the

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semi-final against

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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.

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

for €13.7 million. On 22 October 2019, he scored his first goal for Atalanta in the

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game against Manchester City. Malinovskyi was named Player of the Month by Atalanta supporters. He scored his first

goal on 7 December 2019 in a match against

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. On 24 June 2020, Malinovskyi scored the equalizing goal in a 3–2 comeback win against

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. 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

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of the Coppa Italia against the same opponents but Atalanta fell to a 1–2 defeat. On 24 February 2022, after having scored a goal against Olympiakos, he showed a t-shirt with the text "No War in Ukraine" after

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Loan to Marseille

On 9 January 2023, Malinovskiy joined Ligue 1 side

a loan until the end of the season, with an option for the French club to purchase the player.

Career statistics

Club

International

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Honours

Sevastopol *

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Genk *

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: 2018–19 Atalanta *

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runner-up:

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Ukraine U21 *

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Individual *

Young Player of the Year: 2013–14 *Genk Player of the Season: 2018–19 * Serie A Player of the Month: May 2021, February 2022 *

Goal of the Month: February 2022 *Serie A top assist provider:

* Golden talent of Ukraine: 2014

References

External links

Ruslan Malinovskyi
at the

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