Serhiy Viktorovych Malyi ( uk, Сергій Вікторович Малий; born 5 June 1990) is a
professional
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footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Ordabasy. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the
Kazakhstan national team.
Career
Malyi is the product of the Luhansk's sportive system. His first coach was Serhiy Kalitvintsev.
On 22 August 2011 Malyi scored a tying goal for Ukraine in the game against Thailand at the
2011 Summer Universiade in China.
During the winter of 2013 Malyi accepted the citizenship of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
.
On 28 June 2016, Malyi moved to
FC Astana
Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. ...
.
On 11 January 2017, Malyi signed a one-year loan deal with
FC Tobol
FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. The ...
. After playing for
FC Ordabasy
FC Ordabasy ( kk, Ордабасы футбол клубы) is a professional football club from Kazakhstan based at the K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Ordabasy was formed in 1949, following the merger of two existing Kazakhstan Premier Le ...
during the 2019 season, Malyi returned to Astana in January 2020. On 2 July 2020, Astana announced that Malyi had left the club after the expiration of his contract.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Luhansk
Ukrainian emigrants to Kazakhstan
Naturalised citizens of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani men's footballers
Ukrainian men's footballers
Ukraine men's student international footballers
Kazakhstan men's international footballers
FC Komunalnyk Luhansk players
FC Zorya Luhansk players
FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva players
FC Shakhter Karagandy players
FC Ordabasy players
FC Irtysh Pavlodar players
FC Astana players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Men's association football defenders
Ukrainian Second League players
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