Ruslan Petrovych Rotan ( uk, Руслан Петрович Ротань; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional

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and manager of

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. He was a member of the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Rotan's career started off for

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in the 1999–2000 season. He played a total of 105 matches for Dnipro and scored 11 goals. He transferred to

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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

. 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

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of the season 2008–2009. In the summer of 2014, after his Dnipro contract had expired, Rotan went on trial with

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

, nearly signing with the club before turning down the offer due to the political situation around the

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. Rotan eventually signed a new three-year contract with Dnipro on 8 August 2014. In the 2014–15 season, Rotan helped Dnipro reach the UEFA Europa League Final in

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on 27 May 2015, in which he equalised the score at 2–2 with a free kick against holders

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, who eventually won 3–2.

International career

Rotan made his debut for

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on 12 February 2003, replacing

Andriy Voronin Andriy Viktorovych Voronin ( uk, Андрій Вікторович Воронін, born 21 July 1979) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and a former player. Voronin spent five full seasons in the Bundesliga of Germany, and last pla ...

for the final eight minutes of a goalless friendly against

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. 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

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, he played five minutes as a substitute for Voronin in their opening 2–1 victory over Sweden at the

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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. In the summer of 2017, Ruslan signed a one-year contract with the Slavia Prague club. He played 7 matches there.https://ipoltavets.com/uk/eternal-poltavecz-ruslan-rotan-golovnyj-trener-molodizhnoyi-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-z-futbolu

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rotan goal.''

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

: 2006–07; runner-up: 2005–06 *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

Ukrainian Super Cup The Ukrainian Super Cup ( uk , Суперкубок України) is an association football game of the Ukrainian Premier League in traditional super cup format that acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Ukrain ...

: 2006,

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Dnipro *

runner-up: 2013–14 *

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runner-up: 2014–15 *

runner-up: 2003–04 Individual *

: Squad of the season 2014–15 *

Ukrainian Footballer of the Year The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual journalist award given by the ''Ukrainskiy Football'' ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to ...

: 2016

References

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