Albert Rusnak

Real Salt Lake

Midfielder

Real Name: Albert Rusnak

HT: 5' 9" WT: 161

International

Designated Player

Age: 24 (07/07/1994)

Birthplace: Vyskov, Czech Republic

Hometown: Kosice, Slovakia

HOW ACQUIRED: Transferred from Groningen and signed on January 6, 2017. Re-signed to a multi-year contract through 2021.

Good things tend to come out of situations where Rusnak has the ball. He is a dynamic, attacking player whose passes often put his teammates in a position to score, while also having the ability to score sensational goals of his own. He had 10 goals and seven assists in 29 starts in 2019.

RSL.com: Rusnak's profile

INTERNATIONAL: Rusnak also has four goals in 17 caps with the Slovakian National Team, making 16 appearances since coming to Utah. He scored his first international goal on March 22, 2018, in the King’s Cup in Thailand. He scored his second in a friendly with Denmark on September 18 and added two more on October 16 against Sweden and November 16 against Ukraine.

OUTSIDE MLS: Rusnak played the last three seasons with FC Groningen in the Netherlands' top flight, logging 61 appearances. In addition to starting regularly in the attacking midfield role in league play, he also started six matches in Europa League in 2015. The Slovakian international started his senior professional career with England's Manchester City in 2013, a product of the international powerhouse's youth academy for three seasons from 2010-13. He spent the first part of the 2013-14 season on loan with Oldham Athletic in England's League One before finishing out the year in the Championship with Birmingham City. The following season, he started the year on loan to Cambuur Leeuwarden in the Dutch Eredivisie before being transferred to FC Groningen in December of 2014.

Stats

Player Stats

Game Log

MLS

Career Statistics (Regular Season)

Year	Club	GP	GS	G	MINS	A	SHTS	SOG	FC	OFF	Y
2019	Real Salt Lake	11	11	5	979	1	27	10	5	4	1
2018	Real Salt Lake	31	29	10	2592	7	67	29	19	6	0
2017	Real Salt Lake	30	29	7	2579	14	85	30	28	4	2
Career Totals	-	72	69	22	6150	22	179	69	52	14	3

Career Statistics (Post Season)

Year	Club	GP	GS	G	MINS	A	SHTS	SOG	FC	OFF	Y	R
2018	Real Salt Lake	2	2	1	179	0	5	1	2	0	2	0

Regular Season

Date	Match	Result	Appearance	MINS	G	A	SHTS	SOG	FC	FS	Y
5/18/2019	TOR @ RSL	W 0-3	Started	90	0	0	4	0	0	1	0
5/11/2019	RSL @ COL	W 3-2	Started	90	1	0	2	2	1	1	0
5/04/2019	POR @ RSL	L 2-1	Started	90	0	0	3	1	0	1	0
4/28/2019	RSL @ LA	L 1-2	Started	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4/19/2019	RSL @ CIN	W 3-0	Started	90	2	0	3	2	1	1	1
4/13/2019	ORL @ RSL	W 1-2	Started	90	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
4/06/2019	RSL @ SEA	L 0-1	Started	90	0	0	3	0	1	3	0
3/30/2019	DAL @ RSL	L 4-2	Started	79	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
3/23/2019	RSL @ LAFC	L 1-2	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/16/2019	RSL @ DC	L 0-5	Started	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3/09/2019	VAN @ RSL	W 0-1	Started	90	1	0	4	2	1	1	0
3/02/2019	RSL @ HOU	T 1-1	Started	90	1	0	4	2	1	1	0
10/21/2018	RSL @ POR	L 0-3	Started	90	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
10/18/2018	NE @ RSL	W 1-4	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/06/2018	POR @ RSL	L 4-1	Started	90	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
9/30/2018	RSL @ SKC	T 1-1	Subbed on	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9/22/2018	RSL @ ATL	L 0-2	Started	90	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
9/15/2018	MIN @ RSL	T 1-1	Started	80	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
9/01/2018	LA @ RSL	W 2-6	Started	90	2	1	4	3	1	0	0
8/25/2018	RSL @ COL	W 6-0	Started	90	1	0	3	3	0	0	0
8/18/2018	RSL @ HOU	W 2-1	Subbed on	51	2	0	4	2	1	0	0
8/15/2018	RSL @ LAFC	L 0-2	Started	90	0	0	2	1	3	2	0
8/11/2018	MTL @ RSL	T 1-1	Started	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8/04/2018	CHI @ RSL	W 1-2	Started	89	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
7/28/2018	RSL @ SJ	T 0-0	Started	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7/21/2018	COL @ RSL	T 2-2	Started	90	0	1	2	0	2	1	0
7/14/2018	RSL @ MIN	L 2-3	Started	90	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
7/07/2018	DAL @ RSL	W 0-2	Started	87	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
7/04/2018	SKC @ RSL	W 2-4	Started	90	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
6/30/2018	RSL @ CLB	L 1-2	Started	90	1	0	5	3	0	0	0
6/23/2018	SJ @ RSL	T 1-1	Started	90	0	1	6	1	0	1	0
6/09/2018	RSL @ LA	L 0-3	Started	90	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
6/02/2018	SEA @ RSL	W 0-2	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/30/2018	HOU @ RSL	W 1-2	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/26/2018	RSL @ SEA	W 1-0	Started	89	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5/19/2018	RSL @ PHI	L 1-4	Started	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/12/2018	DC @ RSL	W 2-3	Started	90	1	1	3	3	1	0	0
5/06/2018	RSL @ ORL	L 1-3	Started	90	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
4/27/2018	RSL @ VAN	L 0-2	Started	90	0	0	4	2	0	1	0
4/21/2018	COL @ RSL	W 0-3	Started	90	1	1	5	2	2	2	0
4/11/2018	RSL @ NYC	L 0-4	Started	90	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
4/07/2018	VAN @ RSL	W 1-2	Started	90	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
3/30/2018	RSL @ TOR	L 1-3	Started	90	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
3/17/2018	RBNY @ RSL	W 0-1	Started	90	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
3/10/2018	LAFC @ RSL	L 5-1	Started	90	0	0	4	0	0	2	0
3/03/2018	RSL @ DAL	T 1-1	Started	90	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10/22/2017	SKC @ RSL	W 1-2	Started	90	0	1	3	2	1	0	0
10/15/2017	RSL @ COL	L 0-1	Started	90	0	0	5	1	1	1	0
9/30/2017	RSL @ LA	T 1-1	Started	90	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
9/23/2017	SEA @ RSL	W 0-2	Started	90	0	1	6	3	3	1	0
9/16/2017	POR @ RSL	W 1-2	Started	90	1	1	3	1	1	0	0
9/09/2017	RSL @ VAN	L 2-3	Started	90	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
8/26/2017	COL @ RSL	W 1-4	Started	90	0	1	6	3	0	0	0
8/23/2017	SJ @ RSL	W 0-4	Started	83	1	2	5	2	3	1	0
8/19/2017	RSL @ MTL	L 1-3	Started	90	0	1	2	0	0	1	0
8/13/2017	RSL @ DC	W 1-0	Started	90	0	0	2	2	5	1	0
8/05/2017	HOU @ RSL	T 0-0	Started	90	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
7/29/2017	CLB @ RSL	T 2-2	Started	90	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
7/22/2017	SKC @ RSL	T 1-1	Started	90	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
7/19/2017	RSL @ POR	W 4-1	Started	90	1	0	5	3	0	0	1
7/04/2017	RSL @ LA	W 6-2	Started	84	1	2	2	2	1	0	0
6/30/2017	ORL @ RSL	L 1-0	Subbed on	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6/24/2017	RSL @ SJ	L 1-2	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6/17/2017	MIN @ RSL	W 0-1	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6/03/2017	RSL @ DAL	L 2-6	Started	90	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
5/31/2017	RSL @ HOU	L 1-5	Started	66	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
5/27/2017	PHI @ RSL	W 0-1	Started	90	0	0	3	1	1	1	0
5/20/2017	RSL @ SEA	L 0-1	Started	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5/17/2017	NYC @ RSL	W 1-2	Started	84	1	1	3	2	2	2	0
5/13/2017	RSL @ NE	L 0-4	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/06/2017	DAL @ RSL	L 3-0	Started	90	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
4/29/2017	RSL @ SKC	L 0-3	Started	90	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
4/22/2017	ATL @ RSL	L 3-1	Started	90	1	0	3	1	0	1	0
4/15/2017	RSL @ COL	W 2-1	Started	89	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
4/08/2017	VAN @ RSL	W 0-3	Started	90	1	2	5	3	0	1	0
4/01/2017	RSL @ MIN	L 2-4	Started	90	0	0	2	0	1	4	0
3/25/2017	RSL @ RBNY	T 0-0	Unused Sub	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/18/2017	LA @ RSL	L 2-1	Started	90	0	1	2	2	1	3	1
3/11/2017	RSL @ CHI	L 0-2	Started	90	0	0	1	0	2	1	0
3/04/2017	TOR @ RSL	T 0-0	Started	90	0	0	2	0	1	0	0