Nazariy Orestovych Rusyn ( uk, Назарiй Орестович Русин; born 25 October 1998) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Born in Novoyavorivsk, just to the west of Lviv city, Rusyn is a product of the

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and

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 ...

academies. His first coach was Yuriy Triska.

Dynamo Kyiv

He played for Dynamo in the

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and in November 2017 he was promoted to the senior squad team. Rusyn made his debut for the Dynamo's senior squad in a match against Albanian

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in the

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on 23 November 2017 and scored on 90'+1 minute. Also he made his debut in the

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for Dynamo Kyiv on 26 November 2017, playing in a winning match against

FC Stal Kamianske FC Stal Kamianske ( uk, Сталь Кам'янське) was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. After being relegated to the Ukrainian First League after the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier Leag ...

. As a player of

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapori ...

on loan from Dynamo in September 2019 Rusyn was recognized as a player of the month in the

Legia Warsaw

On 23 February 2021 Rusyn moved to Polish club Legia Warsaw, on a loan deal until December 2021 where he played along with Artem Shabanov at that time. The deal included an option to buy. On 3 March 2021 he made his debut for Legia in a

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's 2–1 defeat against

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at the

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. Due to conflict with manager of the club,

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, Rusyn was sent to reserves. On 6 April 2021 Nazarij Rusyn was moved to the Legia Warsaw reserve team for two weeks.

Sunderland

On 1 September 2023,

announced the transfer of Rusyn on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. On 24 September, he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 home defeat to

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. On 1 January 2024, Rusyn scored his first goal for Sunderland in a 2–0 home win against Preston.

International career

In October 2023, Rusyn received his first call-up to the Ukraine senior national team for two

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matches against

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and

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Career statistics

Honours

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player of the Month (2): 2019–20 (August),

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(May-June) *

Best Player of the Round : 2022-23 Round 3,

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusyn, Nazariy 1998 births Living people Footballers from Lviv Oblast People from Novoyavorivsk Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Zorya Luhansk players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players SC Dnipro-1 players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Sunderland A.F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players III liga players English Football League players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in England Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in England