Nazariy Rusyn

Nazariy Orestovych Rusyn (Назарiй Орестович Русин; born 25 October 1998) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for club Sunderland.

Club career
Born in Novoyavorivsk, just to the west of Lviv city, Rusyn is a product of the Lviv and Dynamo Kyiv academies. His first coach was Yuriy Triska.

Dynamo Kyiv
He played for Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves 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 Skënderbeu Korçë in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League on 23 November 2017 and scored on 90'+1 minute.

Also he made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv on 26 November 2017, playing in a winning match against FC Stal Kamianske.

As a player of Zorya Luhansk on loan from Dynamo in September 2019 Rusyn was recognized as a player of the month in the Ukrainian Premier League.

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 Polish Cup's 2–1 defeat against Piast Gliwice at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego. Due to conflict with manager of the club, Czesław Michniewicz, 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, Sunderland 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 Cardiff. 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 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against North Macedonia and Malta.

Honours
Individual
 * Ukrainian Premier League player of the Month (2): 2019–20 (August), 2022–23 (May-June)


 * Ukrainian Premier League Best Player of the Round : 2022-23 Round 3,