Oleksiy Hutsulyak

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Oleksiy Hutsulyak

| image = Олексій Гуцуляк 2024 (cropped).png

| fullname = Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Hutsulyak

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|12|25}}

| birth_place = Krasyliv, Ukraine

| height = 1.84 m

| currentclub = Polissya Zhytomyr

| clubnumber = 11

| position = Right midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2010–2014

| youthclubs1 = Karpaty Lviv

| years1 = 2015–2019

| clubs1 = Karpaty Lviv

| caps1 = 100

| goals1 = 12

| years2 = 2016

| clubs2 = → Villarreal C (loan)

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = Desna Chernihiv

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2021–2024

| clubs4 = Dnipro-1

| caps4 = 62

| goals4 = 20

| years5 = 2024–

| clubs5 = Polissya Zhytomyr

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 11

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam1 = Ukraine U16

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam2 = Ukraine U17

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 4

| nationalyears3 = 2015

| nationalteam3 = Ukraine U18

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2015–2016

| nationalteam4 = Ukraine U19

| nationalcaps4 = 8

| nationalgoals4 = 4

| nationalyears5 = 2016–2018

| nationalteam5 = Ukraine U21

| nationalcaps5 = 9

| nationalgoals5 = 1

| nationalyears6 = 2024–

| nationalteam6 = Ukraine

| nationalcaps6 = 7

| nationalgoals6 = 1

| pcupdate = 24 April 2025

| ntupdate = 23 March 2025

}}

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Hutsulyak ({{langx|uk|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.

Career

Hutsulyak is the product of the UFK Lviv School System. His first trainers were Taras Pavlish and Andriy Dulibskyi.{{cite web|publisher=UFK Lviv Web Site|script-title=uk:Футбол : Гуцуляк і Кльоц дебютували у Прем’єр-лізі|url=http://ufk.lviv.ua/ua-category-football-tab1-news4193.html|language=uk|date=2015-03-06}}

=FC Karpaty=

He made his debut for Karpaty Lviv against FC Metalurh Donetsk on 1 March 2015 in Ukrainian Premier League.{{cite web|publisher=UPL Official Web Site|script-title=uk:Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 104 01.03.2015.|url=http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2014_2015/pl/65/1/15/|language=uk|date=2015-03-06|access-date=6 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319035119/http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2014_2015/pl/65/1/15/|archive-date=19 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

=FC 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.{{cite web|title=Олексій Гуцуляк - гравець ФК Десна|url=http://desna.football/oleksij-gutsulyak-gravets-fk-desna/|language=uk|date=21 January 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=Wolfsburg (GER) 2-0 Desna (UKR) |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2030378--wolfsburg-vs-desna/ |website=UEFA |access-date=24 September 2020}} On 8 March 2021 he scored his first league goal for Desna Chernihiv against Rukh Lviv in a 4–0 away victory.{{cite web |title=Рух 0 : 4 Десна |url=https://upl.ua/ru/report/view/5400 |website=Ukrainian Premier League |accessdate=8 March 2021}} On 10 April he scored his second league goal against Oleksandriya in a 4–1 victory.{{cite web |title=Десна 4 : 1 Олександрія |url=https://upl.ua/ua/report/view/5428 |website=Ukrainian Premier League |access-date=10 April 2021}}

=Dnipro-1=

On 15 August 2021, he transferred to Dnipro-1 on a four-year contract for €500,000,{{cite web |title=Oleksii Hutsulyak |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/oleksii-gutsuliak/319822/ |website=Soccerway.com |access-date=15 August 2021}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://en.uaf.ua/article/44835 |title = Oleksandr Petrakov: "I asked to assemble a team on April 29" - Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association}}

He made his debut on 21 March 2024 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/690329/ukraine-bosnia-and-herzegovina|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Ukraine game report|date=21 March 2024}}

Honours

=Individual=

Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Round: 2020–21 Round 5

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="7"\|Karpaty Lviv \|2014–15 \|rowspan="6"\|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
colspan="2"\|Total !100	12	4	1	0	0	2	0	106	13
rowspan="2"\|Villarreal C (loan) \|2016–17 \|Tercera División \|14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
colspan="2"\|Total !14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
rowspan="4"\|Desna Chernihiv \|2019–20 \|rowspan="3"\|Ukrainian Premier League \|4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2020–21 \|24	2	2	0	1{{efn\|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League\|name=UEL}}	0	0	0	27	2
2021–22 \|2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total !30	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	33	2
rowspan="3"\|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
colspan="2"\|Total !29	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	10
colspan="3"\|Career total !174	29	6	1	1	0	2	0	181	30

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="3"\|Ukraine
2024	5	0
2025	2	1
colspan="2"\|Total	7	1

:Scores and results list Ukraine goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hutsulyak goal

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Oleksiy Hutsulyak
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
style="text-align:center"\|1	20 March 2025	Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain	{{fb\|BEL}}	style="text-align:center"\|1–1	style="text-align:center"\|3–1	2024–25 UEFA Nations League play-offs

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Oleksiy Hutsulyak

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

style="text-align:center"|1

20 March 2025

Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain