Oleksiy Hutsulyak

Oleksiy Hutsulyak
Hutsulyak in 2021
Personal information
Full name Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Hutsulyak
Date of birth (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997
Place of birth Krasyliv, Ukraine
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Polissya Zhytomyr
Number 11
Youth career
2010–2014 Karpaty Lviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Karpaty Lviv 100 (12)
2016 → Villarreal C (loan) 14 (5)
2020–2021 Desna Chernihiv 30 (2)
2021–2024 Dnipro-1 62 (20)
2024– Polissya Zhytomyr 54 (19)
International career‡
2012–2013 Ukraine U16 5 (0)
2013–2014 Ukraine U17 10 (4)
2015 Ukraine U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 Ukraine U19 8 (4)
2016–2018 Ukraine U21 9 (1)
2024– Ukraine 16 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Hutsulyak (Ukrainian: Олексій Олександрович Гуцуляк; born 25 December 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Polissya Zhytomyr and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Hutsulyak is the product of the UFK Lviv School System. His first trainers were Taras Pavlish and Andriy Dulibskyi.[1]

Karpaty Lviv

He made his debut for Karpaty Lviv against FC Metalurh Donetsk on 1 March 2015 in Ukrainian Premier League.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] On 8 March 2021 he scored his first league goal for Desna Chernihiv against Rukh Lviv in a 4–0 away victory.[5] On 10 April he scored his second league goal against Oleksandriya in a 4–1 victory.[6]

Dnipro-1

On 15 August 2021, he transferred to Dnipro-1 on a four-year contract for €500,000,[7]

Polissya Zhytomyr

In June 2024 he signed a two-year contract with Polissya Zhytomyr for two years. In the first half of the 2024-25 season in 19 matches he scored 10 goals and 2 assists. He was named by fans the best player in Polissya that year. He took second place in a Komanda website survey to determine the best football player of 2024 in the Ukrainian championship.

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.[8]

He made his debut on 21 March 2024 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 April 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Karpaty Lviv 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 7000000070
2015–16 152000000152
2016–17 133000000133
2017–18 251100000261
2018–19 284310020335
2019–20 122000000122
Total 1001241002010613
Villarreal C (loan) 2016–17 Tercera División 145000000145
Desna Chernihiv 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 4000000040
2020–21 242201[a]000272
2021–22 2000000020
Total 302201000332
Dnipro-1 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 134000000134
2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 166000000166
Total 29100000002910
Career total 1742961102018130
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 16 November 2025
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine
202450
202595
Total145
Scores and results list Ukraine goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hutsulyak goal
List of international goals scored by Oleksiy Hutsulyak
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
120 March 2025Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain Belgium1–13–12024–25 UEFA Nations League play-offs
210 June 2025BMO Field, Toronto, Canada New Zealand1–02–12025 Canadian Shield
310 October 2025Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland2–15–32026 FIFA World Cup qualification
413 October 2025Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium, Kraków, Poland Azerbaijan1–02–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
516 November 2025Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland Iceland2–02–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
631 March 2026Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Albania1–01–0Friendly

References

  1. ↑ Футбол : Гуцуляк і Кльоц дебютували у Прем’єр-лізі (in Ukrainian). UFK Lviv Web Site. 6 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 104 1 March 2015. (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Олексій Гуцуляк - гравець ФК Десна" (in Ukrainian). 21 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Wolfsburg (GER) 2-0 Desna (UKR)". UEFA. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Рух 0 : 4 Десна". Ukrainian Premier League. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Десна 4 : 1 Олександрія". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Oleksii Hutsulyak". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Oleksandr Petrakov: "I asked to assemble a team on April 29" - Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association". Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 21 March 2024.
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