Roman Bezus

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anatoliyovych and the family name is Bezus.

Roman Anatoliyovych Bezus (Ukrainian: Рома́н Анато́лійович Бе́зус, born 26 September 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder.

Roman Bezus

Bezus with Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Roman Anatoliyovych Bezus
Date of birth	(1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, second striker
Youth career
2003–2004	Kremin Kremenchuk
2004	Molod Poltava
2004–2007	Kremin Kremenchuk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Kremin Kremenchuk	69	(10)
2009–2013	Vorskla Poltava	91	(20)
2013–2015	Dynamo Kyiv	33	(4)
2015–2016	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	31	(5)
2016–2018	Sint-Truiden	63	(10)
2019–2022	Gent	90	(16)
2022–2025	Omonia	68	(10)
International career‡
2010	Ukraine U20	1	(1)
2010–2012	Ukraine U21	12	(4)
2011–	Ukraine	24	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 06:46, 27 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 July 2021

Club career

On 10 January 2015, Bezus moved to Dnipro from Dynamo Kyiv. In 2012, Bezus was awarded the prize for the best rookie of the year.^[1]

On 12 July 2016, he signed a one-year deal with Belgian Sint-Truiden.^[2]

On 25 January 2019, Bezus signed a deal for three and a half years with Belgian Gent.^[3]

On 6 August 2022, Bezus signed with Cypriot club Omonia.^[4]

International career

Bezus was called up to Ukraine U21 for a friendly match against Cyprus on 3 March 2010, but was not selected for game. He made his debut in a friendly match against the Czech Republic on 17 November 2010.

On 11 November 2011, Bezus made his debut for the senior Ukraine national team in a friendly match against Germany.^[5] On 14 November 2019, he scored a winning goal for Ukraine in the friendly game against Estonia.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 April 2024^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vorskla	2008–09	Ukrainian Premier League	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	2009–10		20	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	24	3
	2010–11		26	5	2	1	—		—		28	6
	2011–12		28	6	1	0	11	2	—		40	8
	2012–13		16	6	1	1	—		—		17	7
	Total		91	20	6	2	13	2	1	0	111	24
Dynamo Kyiv	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	9	1	0	0	2	0	—		11	1
	2013–14		15	2	2	0	7	1	—		24	3
	2014–15		9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	1
	Total		33	4	4	0	9	1	1	0	47	5
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2014–15	Ukrainian Premier League	11	1	2	1	8	0	—		21	2
	2015–16		20	4	5	0	4	0	—		29	4
	Total		31	5	7	1	12	0	—		50	6
Sint-Truiden	2016–17	Belgian First Division A	20	1	2	1	—		—		22	2
	2017–18		27	6	2	0	—		—		29	6
	2018–19		16	3	3	1	—		—		19	4
	Total		63	10	7	2	—		—		70	12
Gent	2018–19	Belgian First Division A	15	0	2	1	—		—		17	1
	2019–20		21	7	2	0	6	0	—		29	7
	2020–21		28	6	3	1	6	0	—		37	7
	2021–22		26	3	1	0	9	0	—		36	3
	Total		90	16	8	2	21	0	—		119	18
Omonia	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	26	3	4	1	6	0	0	0	36	4
	2023–24		30	7	3	1	4	6	1	0	38	14
	Total		56	10	7	2	10	6	1	0	74	18
Career total			364	65	39	9	64	7	3	0	469	90

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bezus goal.

List of international goals scored by Roman Bezus

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 June 2013	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	4–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	6 September 2013	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	San Marino	7–0	9–0
3	15 October 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino		7–0	8–0
4	3 September 2014	Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine	Moldova	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5	14 November 2019	Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Estonia	1–0	1–0

Honours

Vorskla Poltava

• Ukrainian Cup: 2009–10

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2014–15
• Ukrainian Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

• UEFA Europa League: runner-up 2014–15

Gent

• Belgian Cup: 2021–22

Omonia

• Cypriot Cup: 2022–23