Ruslan Rotan

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Personal information
Ruslan Rotan
Full name	Ruslan Petrovych Rotan
Date of birth	October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 26)
Place of birth	Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	29
Youth clubs
	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2005 2005-2008 2008-	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	105 (11) 27 (4) 3(0)
National team²
2003 –	Ukraine	32 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Ruslan Petrovych Rotan (Ukrainian: Руслан Петрович Ротань, born October 29, 1981 in Poltava) is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dynamo Kyiv and is a starter for the Ukrainian national football team.

[edit] Career

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

Rotan transferred to Dynamo in the summer of 2005 and was given the number 14. In Dynamo, he played 27 matches and scored 4 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League.

During winter break 2007-08 Rotan was transferred back to his home club of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The sum of the transfer is unknown. However, he signed a 3 year contract with Dnipro. He now plays under number 29.

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Ruslan Rotan at FC Dynamo
Ruslan Rotan at the BBC

v • d • e Ukraine squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Shovkovskiy • 2 Nesmachniy • 3 Yatsenko • 4 Tymoschuk • 5 Yezerskiy • 6 Rusol • 7 Shevchenko • 8 Shelayev • 9 Husyev • 10 Voronin • 11 Rebrov • 12 Pyatov • 13 Chygrynskiy • 14 Husin • 15 Milevskiy • 16 Vorobei • 17 Vashchuk • 18 Nazarenko • 19 Kalynychenko • 20 Byelik • 21 Rotan • 22 Sviderskiy • 23 Shust • Coach: Blokhin