Nazariy Orestovych Rusyn (; born 25 October 1998) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for 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 The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

academies. Before moving to

in 2011, Rusyn's first club was FK Jantarnyi Novoyavorivsk in his hometown, where 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 () 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 League season, the club re-registered ...

. As a player of

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

Legia Warsaw

On 23 February 2021, Rusyn moved to Polish club

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, on a loan deal until December 2021, joining his compatriot Artem Shabanov. The deal included an option to buy. On 3 March 2021, he made his debut for Legia in a 1–2

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defeat against

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at the

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. On 6 April 2021, after refusing to partake in Legia II's match against Legionovia Legionowo three days prior, Rusyn was moved to the 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.

Hajduk Split

On 25 January 2025,

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announced Rusyn's loan move until the end of season.

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

Individual *

Player of the Month:

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, May–June 2023 *Ukrainian Premier League 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 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen 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 HNK Hajduk Split 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 Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia