Ruslan Malinovskyi

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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Malinovskyi.
Ruslan Malinovskyi
File:Руслан Маліновський (cropped).jpg
Malinovskyi with Ukraine in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Volodymyrovych Malinovskyi[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)
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)
2012–2013 → Sevastopol (loan) 16 (1)
2013 → Sevastopol-2 (loan) 2 (1)
2014–2015 → Zorya Luhansk (loan) 44 (7)
2015–2017 → Genk (loan) 33 (5)
2017–2019 Genk 74 (18)
2019–2023 Atalanta 115 (23)
2023 → Marseille (loan) 20 (1)
2023–2024 Marseille 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Genoa (loan) 19 (2)
2024– Genoa 30 (4)
International career‡
2011–2012 Ukraine U19 6 (1)
2013–2014 Ukraine U21 19 (2)
2015– Ukraine 69 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:58, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2025

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]

Club career

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Early career

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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

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On 1 January 2016, Malinovskyi was on loan to Belgian side Genk until the end of the season.[6] 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

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On 16 July 2019, Malinovskyi signed for Atalanta for €13.7 million.[7] On 22 October 2019, he scored his first goal for Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League game against Manchester City.[8] Malinovskyi was named Player of the Month by Atalanta supporters.[9] He scored his first Serie A goal on 7 December 2019 in a match against Hellas Verona.[10][11]

On 24 June 2020, Malinovskyi scored the equalizing goal in a 3–2 comeback win against Lazio.[12] On 18 April 2021, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Juventus;[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

Later career

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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.[16] 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.[17]

On 19 August 2023, Malinovskyi officially joined newly promoted Serie A club Genoa on a season-long loan,[17][18] with a €10 million-worth option to buy in favor of the Italian club.[18][19] On 27 August, he made his debut with the team in a league match against Lazio.[20] He scored his debut goal for the club on 26 November, in a match against Frosinone.[21] Genoa signed him permanently on 31 January 2024.[22]

International career

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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.[23]

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.[24]

Malinovskyi was a member of Ukraine's squad for UEFA Euro 2020 and played four of the team's five matches as they reached the quarter-finals.[25]

In May 2024, Malinovskyi was called up to represent Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2024[26].

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 8 December 2025[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League 8 1 — — 8 1
2011–12 Ukrainian Second League 25 4 — — 25 4
2012–13 Ukrainian Second League 6 5 — — 6 5
Total 39 10 — — 39 10
Sevastopol-2 (loan) 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League 2 1 — — 2 1
Sevastopol (loan) 2012–13 Ukrainian First League 16 1 2 0 — 18 1
2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 16 1 3 0 — 19 1
Zorya Luhansk (loan) 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 8 3 — — 8 3
2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 23 1 5 0 4[b] 2 32 3
2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 13 3 3 0 4[b] 4 20 7
Total 44 7 8 0 8 6 60 13
Genk 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 13 0 2 0 — 15 0
2016–17 Belgian Pro League 20 5 2 1 5[b] 1 27 7
2017–18 Belgian Pro League 37 5 5 2 — 42 7
2018–19 Belgian Pro League 37 13 1 0 13[b] 3 51 16
Total 107 23 10 3 18 4 135 30
Atalanta 2019–20 Serie A 34 8 1 0 9[c] 1 44 9
2020–21 Serie A 36 8 3 2 4[c] 0 43 10
2021–22 Serie A 30 6 1 0 10[d] 4 41 10
2022–23 Serie A 15 1 0 0 — 15 1
Total 115 23 5 2 23 5 143 30
Marseille (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1 20 1 3 1 — 23 2
Genoa 2023–24[e] Serie A 28 4 2 0 — 30 4
2024–25 Serie A 9 0 1 0 — 10 0
2025–26 Serie A 12 2 1 0 — 13 2
Total 49 6 4 0 — 53 6
Career total 392 72 33 6 49 15 472 93
  1. ^ Includes Ukrainian Cup, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Part of this season was spent on loan from Marseille

International

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As of match played 16 November 2025[1][28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2015 3 0
2016 0 0
2017 5 0
2018 10 2
2019 9 3
2020 5 1
2021 13 0
2022 6 1
2023 6 0
2024 9 0
2025 3 3
Total 69 10
As of match played 13 October 2025. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Malinovskyi goal.[1][28]
List of international goals scored by Ruslan Malinovskyi
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 2018 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy 15 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1–1 1–1 Friendly
2 16 October 2018 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine 16 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1–0 1–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
3 7 September 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 23 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4 11 October 2019 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine 25 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5 2–0
6 10 October 2020 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine 31 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1–2 1–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
7 11 June 2022 Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland 48 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 1–0 3–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
8 10 October 2025 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 67 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 1–0 5–3 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 3–1
10 13 October 2025 Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium, Kraków, Poland 68 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 2–1 2–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Sevastopol

Genk

Atalanta

Ukraine U21

Individual

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