Ruslan Petrovych Rotan (; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and current manager of Polissya Zhytomyr. He was a member of the Ukraine national 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.
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.
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.
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. In the summer of 2017, Ruslan signed a one-year contract with the Slavia Prague club. He played 7 matches there.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk1997–98Druha Liha20–––201998–99162–––1621999–20008331––1142000–01Persha Liha51–––512001–02151–––151Total46731––498Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk2000–01Druha Liha10–––102001–0293–––93Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1999–2000Vyshcha Liha100–––1002000–017020––902001–0213151––1822002–0329540––3352003–042545080–3842004–052113171–313Total10511192151–13914Dynamo Kyiv2005–06Vyshcha Liha2845120103652006–071213042102032007–081003040–170Total50511110220738Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2007–08Vyshcha Liha80–––802008–09Ukrainian Premier League263–20–2832009–1026320––2832010–112113020–2612011–122332020–2732012–1325430100–3842013–14260–82–2702014–1516052153–3652015–162145140–3052016–1719530––225Total21123233435–27731Slavia Prague2017–18Czech First League701060–140Dynamo Kyiv2017–18Ukrainian Premier League9010––100Career total438495877482057264
International Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rotan goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Ruslan RotanNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 8 September 2004 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan 2–1 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification2 3 September 2005 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification3 8 October 2005 Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 2–2 2–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification4 15 August 2006 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine 3–0 6–0 Friendly5 6 September 2006 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 2–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification6 22 August 2007 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine 2–0 2–1 Friendly7 15 August 2013 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 1–0 2–0 Friendly8 9 October 2016 Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium, Kraków, Poland 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Managerial
+ Managerial record by team and tenure Team Nat From To Record Ukraine U21 27 December 2018 Present Oleksandriya 21 December 2022 Present Ukraine (interim) 28 February 2023 4 June 2023 Ukraine U23 4 July 2023 Present Career total
Honours As a Player 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
As a Coach Individual Best Coach of Ukrainian Premier League: 2024–25Ротаня признали лучшим тренером сезона в УПЛ SportArena Coach of the Round: 2025–26 (Round 1, Round 7, Round 10,), Ukrainian Premier League Coach of the Round: 2025–26 (Round 7),
See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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