Ruslan Rotan

Ruslan Rotan
	Rotan with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Petrovych Rotan
Date of birth	29 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Poltava, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Number	29
Youth career
	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2005	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2005–2008	Dynamo Kyiv
2008–	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
International career‡
2003–	Ukraine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2015

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Ruslan Petrovych Rotan (Ukrainian: Руслан Петрович Ротань, born 29 October 1981 in Poltava) is a Ukrainian international footballer who currently plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukrainian national football team.

Club career

Rotan's career started off for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 1999–2000 season. He played a total of 105 matches for Dnipro and scored 11 goals.

He transferred to Dynamo 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 Dnipropetrovsk. 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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 78 caps, Rotan is Ukraine's fifth-most capped player of all time. He was also on Ukraine's World cup 2006 squad.

Honors

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

UEFA Europa League (1): runner-up 2014–15
UEFA Europa League: Squad of the season 2014–15

References

^ "Украина. Премьер-лига - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.com". Championat.ru. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ Трансфер украинского футболиста в «Рубин» сорвался по политическим причинам. http://lenta.ru (in Russian). lenta.ru. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ 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.

External links

Ruslan Rotan at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

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[1] "Украина. Премьер-лига - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.com". Championat.ru. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[2] Трансфер украинского футболиста в «Рубин» сорвался по политическим причинам. http://lenta.ru (in Russian). lenta.ru. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[3] 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.

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