Rusev started his football career in 1990 at
Chernomorets Burgas where he after brief spells at
Litex Lovech in 1996 and 2000, he joined
Spartak Varna, while in 1996 he was named the best young footballer in of the year. He moved to
Greece in 2000 where he was loaned to
Egaleo and stood out for 6 months, as a result of which attracted the interest of
AEK Athens. Thus on 19 January 2001 he was transferred to AEK Athens, but on 30 January he was loaned to
Athinaikos. Upon his return in the summer of 2001 he loaned again to
Apollon Athens. The following seasons he emereged as a regular in the sqad of AEK. He started in both matches against
Eindhoven for the group stage of the
UEFA Champions League. In the summer of 2005 after his contract was expired, Rusev joined
Levadiakos, where he spent three years. Afterwards he moved to
Diagoras for two season, where he had a successful spell, scoring the most goals of his career in a team. He then had brief spells at
Trikala,
OFI,
Pierikos,
Doxa Drama, while from 2013 to December 2014 he played at
Panelefsiniakos. After a brief spell at AE Peramatos in 2015 he played at
Agioi Anargiroi in the
local divisions of Athens. He retired in 2019 at Diana Ilioupoli. ==Managerial career==