Georgi Rusenov Rusev ( bg, Георги Русенов Русев; born 2 July 1998) is a

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n professional

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who plays for

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club

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as a

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Club career

Rusev started his youth career with the academy of DIT Sofia before moving to the academy of Spanish club

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

in 2016. On 27 August, he made his debut for the B-team, starting in a 1–0 defeat against

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...

. After being rarely used, he joined the

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on 14 December 2017. On 5 June 2018, he returned to Bulgaria and joined

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri ( bg, Септември) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to it ...

. On 23 July, he made his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw against

FC Vereya Vereya ( bg, Верея) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Stara Zagora, which currently competes in the Southeast Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Vereya was founded in 2001. The team made a remarkable rise ...

. On 29 December 2023,

announced they had signed Rusev for an undisclosed fee, with Rusev joining the team on 2 January 2024.

International career

Rusev featured for the under-17 team in the

2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (33rd edition if the Under-16 era was also included), the annual European youth association football, football competition contested by the ...

. He also represented the under-19 team in the

2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth footbal ...

and scored the only goal of team in the tournament against

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. Rusev received his first call-up for the

national team on 5 September 2022, for the games of the

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games against

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and

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on 23 and 23 September 2022. He completed his debut in the match against Gibraltar on 23 September, won by Bulgaria with 5:1 result.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goal

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual *

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

top assists provider: 2021–22,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusev, Georgi 1998 births Living people Men's association football forwards Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Elche CF Ilicitano footballers Getafe CF B players PFC Septemvri Sofia players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FC Sion players Tercera División players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland