Roman Anatoliyovych Bezus ( uk, Роман Анатолійович Безус, born 26 September 1990) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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or as an

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for Omonia in the

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Club career

On 10 January 2015, Bezus moved to

Dnipro Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

from

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

. In 2012, Bezus was awarded the prize for the best rookie of the year. On 12 July 2016, he signed a one-year deal with Belgian

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. On 25 January 2019, Bezus signed a deal for three and a half years with Belgian

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. On 6 August 2022, Bezus signed with Cypriot club Omonia.

International career

Bezus was called up to Ukraine U21 for a friendly match against

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on 3 March 2010, but was not selected for game. He made his debut in a friendly match against the

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on 17 November 2010. On 11 November 2011, Bezus made his debut for the senior Ukraine national team in a friendly match against

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. On 14 November 2019, he scored a winning goal for Ukraine in the friendly game against

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bezus goal''.

Honours

Vorskla Poltava *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

: 2009–10 Dynamo Kyiv *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

: 2014–15 *

: 2013–14, 2014–15 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

: runner-up 2014–15 Gent *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup, 2021–22

References

External links

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Official Website Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bezus, Roman 1990 births Living people People from Kremenchuk Association football forwards Association football midfielders Ukrainian footballers FC Kremin Kremenchuk players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dnipro players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Second League players Sint-Truidense V.V. players K.A.A. Gent players Belgian Pro League players AC Omonia players Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukraine international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Poltava Oblast