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 Botnar with Torpedo Moscow in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitali Valeryevich Botnar | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Bălți, Moldova | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SKA-Khabarovsk | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2014 | SShOR №27 Sokol Moscow | ||
| 2014–2019 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Kazanka Moscow | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Torpedo Moscow | 65 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Torpedo Moscow | 22 | (0) |
| 2025– | SKA-Khabarovsk | 0 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Irtysh Pavlodar (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Russia U-16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Russia U-17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Russia U-18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | Russia U-19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Vitali Valeryevich Botnar (Russian: Виталий Валерьевич Ботнарь; born 19 May 2001) is a Russian football player of Moldovan origin who plays for FC SKA-Khabarovsk.[1]
Club career
[edit]He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Kazanka Moscow on 6 September 2019 in a game against FC Dolgoprudny.[2]
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Torpedo Moscow on 9 March 2020 in a game against FC Avangard Kursk. He played the full match.[3]
Botnar made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Torpedo Moscow on 17 July 2022 against PFC Sochi.[4]
On 15 July 2023, Botnar signed a three-year contract with FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod.[5]
On 1 February 2024, Botnar returned to FC Torpedo Moscow.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Torpedo Moscow
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 24 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kazanka Moscow | 2019–20 | Russian Second League | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Torpedo Moscow | 2019–20 | Russian First League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2023–24 | Russian First League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 88 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile V. Botnar, FC Irtysh Pavlodar". Retrieved 8 March 2026.
- ↑ Vitali Botnar at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
- ↑ "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Torpedo v Sochi game report". Russian Premier League. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ↑ "Виталий Ботнарь – в "Пари НН"" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ↑ "Виталий Ботнарь вернулся в "Торпедо"!" (in Russian). Torpedo Moscow. 1 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile by Russian Football National League
- Vitali Botnar at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
- Vitali Botnar at Soccerway
- Vitali Botnar at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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- 2001 births
- Sportspeople from Bălți
- Russian people of Moldovan descent
- Living people
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Russian men's footballers
- Russia men's youth international footballers
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- FC Torpedo Moscow players
- FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players
- FC SKA-Khabarovsk players
- FC Irtysh Pavlodar players
- Russian Second League players
- Russian First League players
- Russian Premier League players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
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