Gusarenko made his first steps in football in the sports school Daugava in Riga.
In 1959 he played in the reserves squad of FC Dynamo Moscow.
From 1960 to 1962 he played with Daugava Rīga in the Soviet Top League.
With Kompresors Rīga and Elektrons Rīga he worked for some time as both footballer and manager, he was coaching Daugava both as general manager and as assistant (he was assistant of Jānis Skredelis from 1982 to 1988).
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