Rolan Aleksandrovich Gusev (; born 17 September 1977) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.
Early life Gusev was born on 17 September 1977 in Ashgabat, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union but moved to Moscow at the age of 9. He attended the Dynamo Moscow football school.
Club career Gusev played for Dynamo Moscow since 1997 and transferred to the city rivals CSKA Moscow in 2002. With CSKA he won two Russian championships, two Russian Cups and the UEFA Cup. Gusev scored over 50 goals in his 200+ appearances in the Russian Premier League.
International career He played 2 matches for Russia at Euro 2004.
Coaching career In October 2021 it was announced that he was appointed to the management club of the Under-19 squad of CSKA Moscow.Молодежную команду ЦСКА возглавил Ролан Гусев On 1 May 2025, Gusev was appointed caretaker manager of Dynamo Moscow until end of the season.Rolan Gusev – acting head coach of Dynamo until the end of the season On 17 November 2025, he was appointed Dynamo's caretaker manager once more, following the resignation of Valery Karpin. On 23 December 2025, he was confirmed as permanent manager for the rest of the 2025–26 season.
Dynamo started the spring part of the 2025–26 season with four wins (three in the league, including a 4–1 victory over CSKA Moscow and a 5–2 Russian Cup defeat of Spartak Moscow in the oldest Russian derby), and Gusev was chosen by the league as manager of the month for March 2026. He left Dynamo at the end of the season as Dynamo finished 7th in the league.
Honors Player UEFA Cup: 2005 Russian Premier League: 2003, 2005, 2006 Russian Premier League top scorer: 2002 (with Dmitri Kirichenko) Russian Cup: 2002, 2005, 2006 Russian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007 Best right midfielder of the Russian Premier League according to Sport-Express: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Manager Russian Premier League manager of the month: March 2026.
References
External links Gusev at rusteam.permian.ru Winter-break transfers 2009