Ivan Volodymyrovich Kalyuzhnyi (Ukrainian: Іван Володимирович Калюжний; born 21 January 1998) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters, on loan from Ukrainian Premier League club Oleksandriya and the Ukraine national team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivan Volodymyrovich Kalyuzhyni | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Dovzhyk, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Kerala Blasters (on loan from Oleksandriya) | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Arsenal Kharkiv | ||
| 2008–2015 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
| 2015 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Rukh Lviv (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2021– | Oleksandriya | 23 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Keflavík (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Kerala Blasters (loan) | 6 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | Ukraine U17 | 24 | (0) |
| 2022 -- | Ukraine | 0 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:57, 25 September 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born in Zolochiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Kalyuzhnyi started his youth career from FC Arsenal Kharkiv after which he moved to Metalist Kharkhiv. His first trainers in Metalist were Volodymyr Linke and Oleh Kramarenko.[1][2] Later he moved from Kharkiv to Dynamo Kyiv. He played for Dynamo Kyiv U19 team from 2015 to 2018. Kalyuzhnyi managed to score one goal from 12 matches in the UEFA Youth League.
In 2018, Kaliushny was loaned to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. He made his professional debut with them in the 2018-2019 season and scored one goal in 27 appearances. He was loaned to Rukh in 2019. Kaliushny made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Rukh on 23 August 2020, playing in a losing away match against FC Vorskla Poltava.[3]
In February 2021, Kaliushny made a permanent move to FK Oleksandria. In 23 games total, he scored two goals and provided four assists. Two of these goals were in the Ukrainian Premier League. Kaliuahny made the third loan spell in his career by playing for the Icelandic top division club Keflavik. He arrived at the start of 2022 and made seven appearances.[4]
On 18 July 2022, Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters announced the signing of Kalyuzhnyi, on a season-long loan from Oleksandriya for the 2022–23 season.[5] He made his Kerala Blasters debut on 7 October against East Bengal by coming as a substitute for Apostolos Giannou in the 79th minute and scored his debut goal two minutes after in the 81st minute. He doubled his tally in the 89th minute with a left-footed volley from 25 yards and helped the Blasters to seal a 3–1 win.[6] For his performance he won the Hero of the Match Award.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv U19 | 2015–16 | UEFA Youth League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv U19 total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (loan) |
2018–19 | Ukrainian First League | 26 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |
| Rukh Lviv (loan) |
2019–20 | 27 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rukh Lviv total | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Oleksandriya | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Oleksandriya total | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Keflavík (loan) |
2022 | Icelandic Men's Division | 6 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Kerala Blasters (loan) |
2022–23 | Indian Super League | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 4 | |
| Career total | 84 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 102 | 9 | ||
Kerala Blasters FC – current squad | |
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