Ryan Sanusi (born 5 January 1992) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen (), or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the top tier Pro League after promotion from second tier in 2023–24 season. In 2013, KFCO Wil ...

Career

After a couple of seasons at Willem II, Sanusi joined up with

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side

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for their pre-season tour of Devon in July 2013. He played around 18 minutes in a pre-season friendly against

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, which ended goalless. Not being picked up by QPR, Sanusi went on to play 18 months on loan at

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. On 28 May 2015, he signed a two-season contract with

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

and won the

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Jupiler League title with Sparta in his first season at the club, 2015-16, sending the club from Rotterdam-West back to the Eredivisie after six years away. After two seasons in the top flight, Sanusi and Sparta were relegated again back down to the Eerste again. He departed Sparta that summer in July 2018 for French

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club

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. After another year, in the summer of 2019, Sanusi signed a contract with Antwerp club

, returning to the club where it all started for him. In his first season, the club immediately became champions on the Belgian second flight, the First Division B, which meant that the club was once again promoted to the highest level of Belgian football. They were relegated after two seasons in the top flight, mirroring his experience in the Netherlands, but came back up again in 2024.

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Sanusi is of Nigerian descent.

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam *

: 2015–16 Beerschot * First Division B/Challenger Pro League: 2019–20, 2023–24

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
1992 births Living people People from Borgerhout Footballers from Antwerp Men's association football midfielders Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Black Belgian sportspeople 21st-century Belgian sportsmen Belgian people of Nigerian descent Belgian expatriate men's footballers Willem II Tilburg players TOP Oss players Sparta Rotterdam players Grenoble Foot 38 players K Beerschot VA players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in France Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub