Serhiy Malyi

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovych and the family name is Malyi.

Serhiy Viktorovych Malyi (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Малий; born 5 June 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ordabasy. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the Kazakhstan national team.

Serhiy Malyi

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Viktorovych Malyi
Date of birth	(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Ordabasy
Number	25
Youth career
2003–2007	LVUFK Luhansk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Komunalnyk Luhansk	13	(0)
2008	→ Ros' Bila Tserkva (loan)	8	(1)
2008–2012	Zorya Luhansk	2	(0)
2010–2012	→ Arsenal Bila Tserkva (loan)	48	(5)
2012–2013	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	18	(1)
2013–2014	Shakhter Karagandy	46	(0)
2015	Ordabasy	22	(2)
2016	Irtysh Pavlodar	14	(2)
2016–2020	Astana	30	(2)
2017	→ Tobol (loan)	14	(2)
2019	→ Ordabasy (loan)	29	(1)
2020–2023	Tobol	69	(9)
2023–	Ordabasy	50	(9)
International career‡
2011–2013	Ukraine (students)
2014–	Kazakhstan	66	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 November 2023

Career

Malyi is the product of the Luhansk's sportive system. His first coach was Serhiy Kalitvintsev.^[1]

On 22 August 2011 Malyi scored a tying goal for Ukraine in the game against Thailand at the 2011 Summer Universiade in China.

During the winter of 2013 Malyi accepted the citizenship of Kazakhstan.^[2]

On 28 June 2016, Malyi moved to FC Astana.^[3]

On 11 January 2017, Malyi signed a one-year loan deal with FC Tobol.^[4] After playing for FC Ordabasy during the 2019 season, Malyi returned to Astana in January 2020.^[5] On 2 July 2020, Astana announced that Malyi had left the club after the expiration of his contract.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 March 2020^[7][8]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhter Karagandy	2013	Kazakhstan Premier League	18	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	30	0
	2014		28	0	3	0	6	1	1	0	38	1
	Total		46	0	3	0	17	1	2	0	68	1
Ordabasy	2015	Kazakhstan Premier League	22	2	1	0	2	0	–		25	2
Irtysh Pavlodar	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	14	2	2	0	–		–		16	2
Astana	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	7	0	3	1	8	0	0	0	18	1
	2017		3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
	2018		17	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	2
	2019		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2020		3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	Total		30	2	3	1	13	0	1	0	47	3
Tobol (loan)	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	14	2	1	0	–		–		15	2
Ordabasy (loan)	2019	Kazakhstan Premier League	29	1	4	0	4	0	–		37	1
Career total			155	9	14	1	36	1	3	0	208	11

International

As of match played 17 April 2023^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

Kazakhstan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	4	0
2015	8	0
2016	8	0
2017	3	0
2018	7	0
2019	11	0
2020	3	0
2021	8	0
2022	10	1
2023	2	0
Total	64	1

International goals

Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 March 2022	Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–1	2–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League