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{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ruslan Rotan
| image = Ruslan Rotan 2015.jpg
| upright = 1.2
| caption = Rotan with [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] in 2015
| fullname = Ruslan Petrovych Rotan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|10|29}}
| birth_place = [[Poltava]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union
| height = 1.74 m
| currentclub = [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissya Zhytomyr]] (manager)
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =  | youthclubs1 = DYuSSh Zirka Kirovohrad
| youthyears2 =  | youthclubs2 = DYuFSh Vorskla Poltava
| youthyears3 = 1998–1999| youthclubs3 = UFK Dnipropetrovsk
| years1 = 1998–2005 | clubs1 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]                     | caps1 = 105 | goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1998–2002 | clubs2 = → [[FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk]]| caps2 =  46 | goals2 =  7
| years3 = 1991–2002 | clubs3 = → [[FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk]]| caps3 =  10 | goals3 =  3
| years4 = 2005–2008 | clubs4 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]                          | caps4 =  50 | goals4 =  5
| years5 = 2008–2017 | clubs5 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]                     | caps5 = 211 | goals5 = 23
| years6 = 2017–2018 | clubs6 = [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]]                      | caps6 =   7 | goals6 =  0
| years7 = 2018      | clubs7 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]                          | caps7 =   9 | goals7 =  0
| totalcaps = 438 | totalgoals = 49
| nationalyears1 = 2003  | nationalteam1 = [[Ukraine national under-21 football team|Ukraine U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2018 | nationalteam2 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] | nationalcaps2 = 100 | nationalgoals2 = 8
| manageryears1 = 2018      | managerclubs1 = [[FC Olimpik Donetsk|Olimpik Donetsk]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2018–2023 | managerclubs2 = [[Ukraine national under-21 football team|Ukraine U21]]
| manageryears3 = 2022–2025 | managerclubs3 = [[FC Oleksandriya|Oleksandriya]]
| manageryears4 = 2023      | managerclubs4 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (interim)
| manageryears5 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs5 = [[Ukraine Olympic football team|Ukraine Olympic]]
| manageryears6 = 2025–     | managerclubs6 = [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissya Zhytomyr]]
}}
{{family name hatnote|Petrovych|Rotan|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

'''Ruslan Petrovych Rotan''' ({{langx|uk|Руслан Петрович Ротань}}; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional [[association football|footballer]] and current manager of [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissya Zhytomyr]]. He was a member of the [[Ukrainian national football team|Ukraine national team]].

==Club career==
Rotan's career started off for [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|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 [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.ru/football/_ukraine/53/statistic/player/assistent.html |title=Украина. Премьер-лига - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.com |publisher=Championat.ru |access-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>

In the summer of 2014, after his Dnipro contract had expired, Rotan went on trial with [[FC Rubin Kazan|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|date=February 2020}}

In the 2014–15 season, Rotan helped Dnipro reach the [[2015 UEFA Europa League Final|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.<ref name="el15">{{cite news |last1=Rose |first1=Gary |title=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-3 Sevilla |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32908634 |access-date=29 September 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=27 May 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
Rotan made his debut for [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] on 12 February 2003, replacing [[Andriy Voronin]] for the final eight minutes of a goalless friendly against [[Turkey national football team|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 men's national football team|Sweden]] at the [[Olympic Stadium (Kiev)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipoltavets.com/uk/eternal-poltavecz-ruslan-rotan-golovnyj-trener-molodizhnoyi-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-z-futbolu|title=Полтавець Руслан Ротань – головний тренер молодіжної збірної України з футболу - ipoltavets.com|date=26 September 2022|accessdate=9 March 2024}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[1997–98 Ukrainian Second League|1997–98]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Ukrainian Second League|Druha Liha]]
|2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1998–99 Ukrainian Second League|1998–99]]
|16||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||2
|-
|[[1999–2000 Ukrainian Second League|1999–2000]]
|8||3||3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||11||4
|-
|[[2000–01 Ukrainian First League|2000–01]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ukrainian First League|Persha Liha]]
|5||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||5||1
|-
|[[2001–02 Ukrainian First League|2001–02]]
|15||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!46!!7!!3!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!49!!8
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[2000–01 Ukrainian Second League|2000–01]]
|rowspan="2"|Druha Liha
|1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Ukrainian Second League|2001–02]]
|9||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||3
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha|1999–2000]]
|rowspan="6"|[[Ukrainian Premier League|Vyshcha Liha]]
|10||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
|[[2000–01 Vyshcha Liha|2000–01]]
|7||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Vyshcha Liha|2001–02]]
|13||1||5||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||2
|-
|[[2002–03 Vyshcha Liha|2002–03]]
|29||5||4||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||5
|-
|[[2003–04 Vyshcha Liha|2003–04]]
|25||4||5||0||8{{efn|name=UC|Appearance(s) in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||38||4
|-
|[[2004–05 Vyshcha Liha|2004–05]]
|21||1||3||1||7{{efn|name=UC}}||1||colspan="2"|–||31||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!105!!11!!19!!2!!15!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!139!!14
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[2005–06 Vyshcha Liha|2005–06]]
|rowspan="3"|Vyshcha Liha
|28||4||5||1||2{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=USC|Appearance in [[Ukrainian Super Cup]]}}||0||36||5
|-
|[[2006–07 Vyshcha Liha|2006–07]]
|12||1||3||0||4{{efn|name=UCL}}||2||1{{efn|name=USC}}||0||20||3
|-
|[[2007–08 Vyshcha Liha|2007–08]]
|10||0||3||0||4{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||17||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!50!!5!!11!!1!!10!!2!!2!!0!!73!!8
|-
|rowspan="11"|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
|[[2007–08 Vyshcha Liha|2007–08]]
|Vyshcha Liha
|8||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League|2008–09]]
|rowspan="9"|[[Ukrainian Premier League]]
|26||3||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||28||3
|-
|[[2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League|2009–10]]
|26||3||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||3
|-
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2010–11]]
|21||1||3||0||2{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||26||1
|-
|[[2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League|2011–12]]
|23||3||2||0||2{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||27||3
|-
|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League|2012–13]]
|25||4||3||0||10{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||38||4
|-
|[[2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League|2013–14]]
|26||0||colspan="2"|–||8{{efn|name=UEL}}||2||colspan="2"|–||27||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League|2014–15]]
|16||0||5||2||15{{efn|name=UEL}}||3||colspan="2"|–||36||5
|-
|[[2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League|2015–16]]
|21||4||5||1||4{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||30||5
|-
|[[2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League|2016–17]]
|19||5||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!211!!23!!23!!3!!43!!5!!colspan="2"|–!!277!!31
|-
|[[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]]
|[[2017–18 Czech First League|2017–18]]
|[[Czech First League]]
|7||0||1||0||6{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||14||0
|-
|Dynamo Kyiv
|[[2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League|2017–18]]
|Ukrainian Premier League
|9||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!438!!49!!58!!7!!74!!8!!2!!0!!572!!64
|}

{{noteslist}}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ruslan Rotan<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6960/Ruslan_Rotan.html|title=Rotan, Ruslan|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 8 September 2004 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan || {{fb|KAZ}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 3 September 2005 || [[Mikheil Meskhi Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] || {{fb|GEO}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 8 October 2005 || [[Meteor Stadium]], [[Dnipropetrovsk]], Ukraine || {{fb|ALB}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 15 August 2006 || [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium]], [[Kyiv]], Ukraine || {{fb|AZE}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|6–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 6 September 2006 || [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex]], Kyiv, Ukraine || {{fb|GEO}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 22 August 2007 || Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine || {{fb|UZB}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 15 August 2013 || Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine || {{fb|ISR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 9 October 2016 || [[Polish Army Stadium|Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium]], [[Kraków]], Poland || {{fb|KOS}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

=== Managerial ===
{{Updated|match played 24 May 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure 
|-
!rowspan=2| Team
!rowspan=2| Nat
!rowspan=2| From
!rowspan=2| To
!colspan=8| Record
|-
!{{Tooltip| G| Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip| W| Wins}}
!{{Tooltip| D| Draws}}
!{{Tooltip| L| Losses}}
!{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip| Win %| Winning percentage}}
|-
| [[Ukraine national under-21 football team|Ukraine U21]]
| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}}
| 27 December 2018
| Present
{{WDL|38|18|10|10|for=62|against=40|diff=yes}}
|-
| [[FC Oleksandriya|Oleksandriya]]
| 21 December 2022
| Present
{{WDL|78|32|28|18|for=95|against=77|diff=yes}}
|-
| [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (interim)
| 28 February 2023
| 4 June 2023
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
| [[Ukraine Olympic football team|Ukraine U23]]
| 4 July 2023<ref>{{Cite web|title=Олімпіада-2024: стало відомо, хто буде очолювати збірну України з футболу на змаганнях у Франції|url=https://sport.24tv.ua/rotan-bude-ocholyuvati-zbirnu-ukrayini-futbolu-olimpiadi-parizhi_n2346574|website=24 Канал|date=2023-07-04|accessdate=2023-07-04}}</ref>
| Present
{{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
! colspan=4| Career total
{{WDLtot|119|51|39|29|for=161|against=120|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
*[[Ukrainian Premier League]]: [[2006–07 Ukrainian Premier League|2006–07]]; runner-up: [[2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League|2005–06]]
*[[Ukrainian Cup]]: [[2005–06 Ukrainian Cup|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Ukrainian Cup|2006–07]]
*[[Ukrainian Super Cup]]: [[2006 Ukrainian Super Cup|2006]], [[2007 Ukrainian Super Cup|2007]]

'''Dnipro'''
*[[Ukrainian Premier League]] runner-up: [[2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League|2013–14]]
*[[UEFA Europa League]] runner-up: [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Final|2014–15]]<ref name="el15"/>
*[[Ukrainian Cup]] runner-up: [[2003–04 Ukrainian Cup|2003–04]]

'''Individual'''
*[[UEFA Europa League]]: Squad of the season [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15]]
*[[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]]: 2016

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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