Ruslan Rotan

Ruslan Rotan

Rotan with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Petrovych Rotan
Date of birth (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981
Place of birth Poltava, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dnipro
Number 29
Youth career
Dnipro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Dnipro 105 (11)
2005–2008 Dynamo Kyiv 50 (5)
2008– Dnipro 184 (18)
National team‡
2003– Ukraine 90 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Petrovych and the family name is Rotan.

Ruslan Petrovych Rotan (Ukrainian: Руслан Петрович Ротань, born 29 October 1981 in Poltava) is a Ukrainian international footballer who plays for Dnipro. He is 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.[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.

Honours

Club

Dynamo Kyiv
Dnipro

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Украина. Премьер-лига - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.com". Championat.ru. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  2. ↑ Трансфер украинского футболиста в «Рубин» сорвался по политическим причинам. http://lenta.ru (in Russian). lenta.ru. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014. 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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