Andriy Rusol

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Andriy Rusol
Personal information
Date of birth January 16, 1983
Place of birth    Kirovohrad, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Youth clubs
Zirka Kirovohrad
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-1999
1999-2003
2003-
Zirka Kirovohrad
Kryvbass Kryvy Ryh
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1 (0)
40 (0)
80 (4)   
National team2
2004- Ukraine 34 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14 May 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 March 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Andriy Rusol (born January 16, 1983 in Kirovohrad, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football player. He is 182 cm tall and weighs 75 kg.

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[edit] Career

Rusol is a defender. He started his career with FC Zirka Kirovohrad in the 1998/99 season. He then transferred to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih for the 1999/2000 season. He played for Kryvbas until 2003, when he was transferred to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He played 94 matches for Dnipro and scored 1 goal.

[edit] National team

Rusol debuted for the Ukrainian national football team on March 31, 2004. Since then he played 26 matches and scored 2 goals (as of June 23, 2006).

[edit] 2006 World Cup

Rusol scored Ukraine's first ever World Cup goal in a game against Saudi Arabia on the 4th minute.

[edit] External links

[edit] Personal life

At this moment, he is a bachelor. At an interview, he said that he wanted to keep his freedom. He likes to listen jazz and read good books. He is an intellectual player.


Flag of Ukraine Ukraine squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists Flag of Ukraine

1 Shovkovskiy | 2 Nesmachniy | 3 Yatsenko | 4 Tymoschuk | 5 Yezerskiy | 6 Rusol | 7 Shevchenko | 8 Shelayev | 9 Husyev | 10 Voronin | 11 Rebrov | 12 Pyatov | 13 Chygrynskiy | 14 Husin | 15 Milevskiy | 16 Vorobei | 17 Vashchuk | 18 Nazarenko | 19 Kalynychenko | 20 Byelik | 21 Rotan | 22 Sviderskiy | 23 Shust | Coach: Blokhin