Vitali Botnar

Vitali Botnar
Botnar with Torpedo Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name Vitali Valeryevich Botnar
Date of birth (2001-05-19) 19 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Bălți, Moldova
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 FC Torpedo Moscow
Number 51
Youth career
2013–2014 SShOR №27 Sokol Moscow
2014–2019 FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 FC Kazanka Moscow 1 (0)
2020–2023 FC Torpedo Moscow 65 (0)
2023–2024 FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod 0 (0)
2024– FC Torpedo Moscow 15 (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 Torpedo Moscow.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Kazanka Moscow on 6 September 2019 in a game against FC Dolgoprudny.[1]

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.[2]

Botnar made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Torpedo Moscow on 17 July 2022 against PFC Sochi.[3]

On 15 July 2023, Botnar signed a three-year contract with FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod.[4]

On 1 February 2024, Botnar returned to FC Torpedo Moscow.[5]

Honours

Torpedo Moscow

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kazanka Moscow 2019–20 Second League 1 0 – – 1 0
Torpedo Moscow 2019–20 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 Premier League 4 0 0 0 – 4 0
Total 65 0 1 0 0 0 66 0
Career total 66 0 1 0 0 0 67 0

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 9 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Torpedo v Sochi game report". Russian Premier League. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Виталий Ботнарь – в "Пари НН"" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 15 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Виталий Ботнарь вернулся в "Торпедо"!" (in Russian). Torpedo Moscow. 1 February 2024.


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