Ruslan Rotan
![]() Rotan with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ruslan Petrovych Rotan | ||
Date of birth | 29 October 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Poltava, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ukraine U21 (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 | UFK Dnipropetrovsk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2005 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 105 | (11) |
2005–2008 | Dynamo Kyiv | 50 | (5) |
2008–2017 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 211 | (23) |
2017–2018 | Slavia Prague | 7 | (0) |
2018 | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | (0) |
Total | 382 | (39) | |
International career | |||
2003 | Ukraine U21 | 10 | (1) |
2003–2018 | Ukraine | 100 | (8) |
Managerial career | |||
2018 | Olimpik Donetsk (assistant) | ||
2019– | Ukraine U21 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ruslan Petrovych Rotan (Ukrainian: Руслан Петрович Ротань; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and manager of Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Ukrainian national football team.
Club career
Rotan's career started off for Dnipro in the 1999–2000 season. He played a total of 105 matches for Dnipro and scored 11 goals.
He transferred to Dynamo Kyiv in the summer of 2005 and was given the number 14. In Dynamo, he played 50 matches and scored five goals in the Ukrainian Premier League.
During winter break 2007–08 Rotan was transferred back to his home club of Dnipro. The transfer fee was undisclosed. However, he signed a three-year contract with Dnipro. He now wears the number 29 jersey.
He became the top assister of the Ukrainian Premier League of the season 2008–2009.[1]
In the summer of 2014, after his Dnipro contract had expired, Rotan went on trial with Rubin Kazan, nearly signing with the club before turning down the offer due to the political situation around the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Rotan eventually signed a new three-year contract with Dnipro on 8 August 2014.[citation needed]
In the 2014–15 season, Rotan helped Dnipro reach the UEFA Europa League Final in Warsaw on 27 May 2015, in which he equalised the score at 2–2 with a free kick against holders Sevilla FC, who eventually won 3–2.[2]
International career
Rotan made his debut for Ukraine on 12 February 2003, replacing Andriy Voronin for the final eight minutes of a goalless friendly against Turkey in İzmir. He scored three goals in seven games in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, going on to play three of their five matches (one start) as they reached the quarter-finals at the tournament. When Ukraine hosted UEFA Euro 2012, he played five minutes as a substitute for Voronin in their opening 2–1 victory over Sweden at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv. With 100 caps, Rotan is Ukraine's third-most capped player of all time. He was also on Ukraine's World cup 2006 squad.
International goals
- Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[3]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 September 2004 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 3 September 2005 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 8 October 2005 | Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 15 August 2006 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() |
3–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
5. | 6 September 2006 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() |
2–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
6. | 22 August 2007 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
7. | 15 August 2013 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
8. | 9 October 2016 | Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium, Kraków, Poland | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2006–07; Runner-up: 2005–06
- Ukrainian Cup: 2005–06; 2006–07
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2006; 2007
Dnipro
- Ukrainian Premier League Runner-up: 2013–14
- UEFA Europa League Runner-up: 2014–15
- Ukrainian Cup Runner-up: 2003–04
Individual
- UEFA Europa League: Squad of the season 2014–15
- Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 2016
References
- ^ "Украина. Премьер-лига - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.com". Championat.ru. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Keegan, Mike (27 May 2015). "Dnipro 2–3 Sevilla: Carlos Bacca scores twice as La Liga side survive scare to retain Europa League crown and earn Champions League spot with dramatic win in Warsaw". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Rotan, Ruslan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
External links
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Ruslan Rotan at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Poltava
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- Ukrainian footballers
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2012 players
- Ukraine international footballers
- FC Dnipro players
- FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk players
- FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- UEFA Euro 2016 players
- Association football midfielders
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Ukrainian expatriate footballers
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- FIFA Century Club