Ivan Rusev ( bg, Иван Русев - Малкия Джангър) (born 10 May 1979) is a

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former

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player who played as a

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and manager. His nickname is ''"The Little Jangur"'' due to his father's nickname.

Club career

Rusev started his football career in 1990 at Chernomorets Burgas where he after brief spells at

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in 1996 and 2000, he joined Spartak Varna, while in 1996 he was named the best young footballer in of the year. He maved to

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in 2000 where he was loaned to

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and stood out for 6 months, as a result of which he was transferred to

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

in 2001. In his first season he was loaned to

Athinaikos Athinaikos A.C. ( el, Αθηναϊκός Α.Σ., full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in Vyronas, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has football, basketball, and handball teams. Its achiev ...

and then loaned again to

Apollon Athens Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

. He returned to AEK in 2003 and played with the club until 2005. He started in both matches against

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. In 2005 joined

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for three years and then Diagoras for another two, where he was successful. He then had brief spells at

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, OFI,

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, while from 2013 to December 2014 he played at Panelefsiniakos. After a brief spell at AE Peramatos in 2015 he played at Agioi Anargiroi in the local divisions of Athens. He retired in 2019 at Diana Ilioupolis.

Managerial career In 2018 he started his career as a coach. He started in youth football at his last club, where he played - Iliopouli. Rusev leads the U17 teams and coaches boys under 13. Both his teams play in the Athens Championship. Heute arbeitet Rusev am Willigis-Gymnasium in Mainz als Kunstlehrer .

Personal life

Rusev is the son of

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legend, Nikolai who was nicknamed ''"The Jangur"''.

References

1979 births Living people Bulgarian footballers FC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Litex Lovech players PFC Spartak Varna players AEK Athens F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Athinaikos F.C. players Egaleo F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgaria youth international footballers Super League Greece players Bulgarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Association football midfielders {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub