Ryan Sanusi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ryan Sanusi

| image = RC Lens - Grenoble Foot 38 (24-11-2018) 95.jpg

| upright = 0.7

| caption = Sanusi in 2018

| fullname = Ryan Sanusi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Borgerhout, Belgium

| currentclub = K Beerschot VA

| clubnumber = 18

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Beerschot AC

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Willem II

| years1 = 2011–2015

| clubs1 = Willem II

| caps1 = 15

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014

| clubs2 = → FC Oss (loan)

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = → FC Oss (loan)

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2015–2018

| clubs4 = Sparta Rotterdam

| caps4 = 89

| goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2018–2019

| clubs5 = Grenoble

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2019–

| clubs6 = Beerschot

| caps6 = 131

| goals6 = 9

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Belgium U20

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 11 May 2025

}}

Ryan Sanusi (born 5 January 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beerschot.

Career

After a couple of seasons at Willem II, Sanusi joined up with Championship side Queens Park Rangers for their pre-season tour of Devon in July 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/050713-trialist-in-tour-squad-897295.aspx|title=TRIALIST NAMED IN TOUR SQUAD|author=@OfficialQPR|work=qpr.co.uk}} He played around 18 minutes in a pre-season friendly against Exeter City, which ended goalless.{{cite web|url=http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/110713-exeter-0-qpr-0-909629.aspx|title=EXETER 0, QPR 0|author=@OfficialQPR|work=qpr.co.uk}}

Not being picked up by QPR, Sanusi went on to play 18 months on loan at FC Oss. On 28 May 2015, he signed a two-season contract with Sparta Rotterdam and won the Eerste Divisie Jupiler League title with Sparta in his first season at the club, 2015-16, sending the club from Rotterdam-West back to the Eredivisie after six years away.

After two seasons in the top flight, Sanusi and Sparta were relegated again back down to the Eerste again. He departed Sparta that summer in July 2018 for French Ligue 2 club Grenoble Foot 38.

After another year, in the summer of 2019, Sanusi signed a contract with Antwerp club Beerschot, returning to the club where it all started for him. In his first season, the club immediately became champions on the Belgian second flight, the First Division B, which meant that the club was once again promoted to the highest level of Belgian football.

They were relegated after two seasons in the top flight, mirroring his experience in the Netherlands, but came back up again in 2024.

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Sanusi is of Nigerian descent.{{cite web|url=https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=22813|title=Why Belgian-Nigerian Midfielder Ryan Sanusi Was Not Considered Against Ebuehi's ADO Den Haag:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal|website=www.allnigeriasoccer.com}}

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

Eerste Divisie: 2015–16

Beerschot

First Division B/Challenger Pro League: 2019–20, 2023–24

References

External links

{{RBFA player|PH_6340}}
{{worldfootball.net|ryan-sanusi}}
{{Soccerway|ryan-sanusi/199356}}
[http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/ryan-sanusi.htm Voetbal International profile] {{in lang|nl}}

Category:1992 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Borgerhout

Category:Footballers from Antwerp

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Belgian men's footballers

Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers

Category:Black Belgian sportspeople

Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen

Category:Belgian people of Nigerian descent

Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Willem II Tilburg players