Oleksiy Hutsulyak
Ukrainian footballer
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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.
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Hutsulyak in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Hutsulyak | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
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]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karpaty Lviv | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Total | 100 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 13 | ||
| Villarreal C (loan) | 2016–17 | Tercera División | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Dnipro-1 | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| Total | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 174 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 30 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 16 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | |||
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Ukraine goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hutsulyak goal
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 March 2025 | Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain |  Belgium | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League play-offs |
| 2 | 10 June 2025 | BMO Field, Toronto, Canada |  New Zealand | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2025 Canadian Shield |
| 3 | 10 October 2025 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 13 October 2025 | Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium, Kraków, Poland |  Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 16 November 2025 | Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland | Iceland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 31 March 2026 | Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain |  Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
