Georgi Rusev (footballer)

Georgi Rusenov Rusev (Георги Русенов Русев; born 2 July 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Swiss Challenge League club Sion as a right winger.

Club career
Rusev started his youth career with the academy of DIT Sofia before moving to the academy of Spanish club Elche CF in 2016. On 27 August, he made his debut for the B-team, starting in a 1–0 defeat against CD Castellón. After being rarely used, he joined the reserve team of Getafe CF on 14 December 2017. On 5 June 2018, he returned to Bulgaria and joined Septemvri Sofia. On 23 July, he made his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw against FC Vereya.

On 29 December 2023, Sion announced they had signed Rusev for an undisclosed fee, with Rusev joining the team on 2 January 2024.

International career
Rusev featured for the under-17 team in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He also represented the under-19 team in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and scored the only goal of team in the tournament against Netherlands.

Rusev received his first call-up for the Bulgaria national team on 5 September 2022, for the games of the UEFA Nations League games against Gibraltar and North Macedonia on 23 and 23 September 2022. He completed his debut in the match against Gibraltar on 23 September, won by Bulgaria with 5:1 result.

International goal

 * Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.

Honours
Individual
 * Bulgarian First League top assists provider: 2021–22,