Albert Rusnák (footballer, born 1974)

{{Short description|Slovak footballer and manager}}

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| fullname = Albert Rusnák

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prešov,[http://michalovce.korzar.sme.sk/c/6344699/albert-rusnak-zazracny-prutik-nemam.html Albert Rusnák: Zázračný prútik nemám] 20.04.2012, korzar.sme.sk Czechoslovakia

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| position = Striker

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| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Prešov

| years1 = 1992–1993 |clubs1 = Prešov |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1994–1996 |clubs2 = Drnovice[http://www.cizinci-fotbalhokej.wz.cz/fot_narodnosti/fot_slovensko.htm SLOVENSKO] 27.05.2012, cizinci-fotbalhokej.wz.cz |caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 1996–1998 |clubs3 = Košice |caps3 = |goals3 =

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| nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = Slovakia U-21 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =

| manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Bardejovská Nová Ves

| manageryears2 = | managerclubs2 = Krásna

| manageryears3 = | managerclubs3 = Košice (youth teams)

| manageryears4 = 2010 | managerclubs4 = Manchester City (scout)

| manageryears5 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs5 = Michalovce (U-19)

| manageryears6 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs6 = Michalovce

| manageryears7 = 2016–2018 | managerclubs7 = FC Lokomotíva Košice

| manageryears8 = 2018– | managerclubs8 = Slovakia U-19

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Albert Rusnák (born 14 January 1974) is a Slovak former football player and manager. His son is Albert Rusnák, who currently plays for American Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

As a footballer, Rusnak senior was a member of the Kosice side which won the Slovak league title in 1997 and retained it a year later. However, he suffered fractures to both legs in a car crash on 2 December 1997 which claimed the life of Kosice midfielder Milan Čvirk. Rusnak played in some of Kosice's Champions League fixtures during the 1997-98 season, including the group stage clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford shortly before the crash.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/no-headline-1286980.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211050/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/no-headline-1286980.html |archive-date=2018-11-04 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title = No-Headline|date = 21 September 2011}}