Oleksandr Petrusenko Scout File: Can the Ukrainian Back From His Antalyaspor Chapter Balance Osijek’s Midfield?
Quick scout answer: Petrusenko’s career maps the familiar tides of Eastern European midfielders: raised in the Dynamo Kyiv academy, he reached Istra 1961 in 2022 via Minaj and Honved, and played well enough in the HNL that Antalyaspor paid €500k to take him to the Turkish Super Lig in September 2024. The Antalya chapter lasted under a year; freed in July 2025, he signed for Osijek. This is a player the HNL already knows and has priced — at €750k, the most valuable name in the Osijek midfield. In the wreckage of 2025/26 (ninth, 35 points, 49 conceded) the shield in front of the defence was the squad’s most eroded position; the 2-0 away win at Rijeka on 12 April 2026 was one of the rare nights the midfield balance held. The public individual sample is limited — a monitoring file. Watch: single or double pivot under Bessone (Petrusenko is too much of a passer to shield alone; he gains value in a double pivot), the division of labour with Mejia, and passing-range and press-resistance data — Super Lig experience should convert to an edge at HNL tempo.
Representative projection from limited viewing.
Verdict
Active monitoring (until the role settles) — the midfield’s most expensive stone; once his place in the system fixes, the file moves to the stability category. Where data is insufficient, no score is issued.
Sources: Transfermarkt squad records, official league data. Data as of 31 July 2026. Original GegenSports graphics.
