# Ruslan Malinovskyi

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.

## Club career
### Early career

Malinovskyi began his career at local side Polissya Zhytomyr under the management of Serhiy Zavalko. On 1 September 2012, he played on loan for Sevastopol, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.

### Genk

On 1 January 2016, Malinovskyi was on loan 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 assists. On 29 May 2017, it was announced that Genk signed Malinovskyi permanently on a four-year contract.

### 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;
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. 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.

### Later career

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. 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.
On 19 August 2023, Malinovskyi officially joined newly promoted Serie A club Genoa on a season-long loan, with a €10 million-worth option to buy in favor of the Italian club. Genoa signed him permanently on 31 January 2024.

## International career

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.
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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 14 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 2010–11 | Ukrainian Second League | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Second League | 25 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 4 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 2012–13 | Ukrainian Second League | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | Total | 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 |
| Sevastopol (loan) | 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Sevastopol (loan) | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 |
| Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
| Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 7 |
| Zorya Luhansk (loan) | Total | Total | 44 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 13 |
| Genk | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 |
| Genk | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 7 |
| Genk | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 42 | 7 |
| Genk | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 16 |
| Genk | Total | Total | 107 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 135 | 30 |
| Atalanta | 2019–20 | Serie A | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 44 | 9 |
| Atalanta | 2020–21 | Serie A | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 10 |
| Atalanta | 2021–22 | Serie A | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 10 |
| Atalanta | 2022–23 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 |
| Atalanta | Total | Total | 115 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 143 | 30 |
| Marseille (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 |
| Genoa | 2023–24 | Serie A | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 |
| Genoa | 2024–25 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Genoa | Total | Total | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 378 | 70 | 32 | 6 | 49 | 15 | 457 | 91 |
* ↑ Includes Ukrainian Cup, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France
* 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Part of this season was spent on loan from Marseille

### International

    As of match played 26 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Ukraine | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2018 | 10 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2019 | 9 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 2020 | 5 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2022 | 6 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 64 | 7 |
    As of match played 11 June 2022. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Malinovskyi goal.
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 | Italy | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 16 October 2018 | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine | 16 | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B |
| 3 | 7 September 2019 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | 23 | Lithuania | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 4 | 11 October 2019 | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine | 25 | Lithuania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 5 | 11 October 2019 | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine | 25 | Lithuania | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 6 | 10 October 2020 | Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | 31 | Germany | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A |
| 7 | 11 June 2022 | Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland | 48 | Armenia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B |

## Honours

Sevastopol
* Ukrainian First League: 2012–13
Genk
* Belgian Pro League: 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 Goal of the Month: February 2022
* Serie A top assist provider: 2020–21
* Golden talent of Ukraine: 2014 (U21)