{{short description|Russian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Vitali Botnar | image = Vitali Botnar.jpg | caption = Botnar with Torpedo Moscow in 2021 | full_name = Vitali Valeryevich Botnar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|5|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bălți, Moldova | height = 1.88 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Irtysh Pavlodar<br/>(on loan from SKA-Khabarovsk) | clubnumber = 16 | youthyears1 = 2013–2014 | youthclubs1 = SShOR №27 Sokol Moscow | youthyears2 = 2014–2019 | youthclubs2 = Lokomotiv Moscow | years1 = 2019 | clubs1 = Kazanka Moscow | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2020–2023 | clubs2 = Torpedo Moscow | caps2 = 65 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = Pari Nizhny Novgorod | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = Torpedo Moscow | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = SKA-Khabarovsk | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2026– | clubs6 = → Irtysh Pavlodar (loan) | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Russia U-16 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam2 = Russia U-17 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam3 = Russia U-18 | nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2019 | nationalteam4 = Russia U-19 | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | pcupdate = 16 May 2026 | ntupdate = 19 November 2019 }}
'''Vitali Valeryevich Botnar''' ({{langx|ru|Виталий Валерьевич Ботнарь}}; born 19 May 2001) is a Russian football player of Moldovan origin. He plays for Kazakhstan Premier League club Irtysh Pavlodar on loan from FC SKA-Khabarovsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.besoccer.com/player/v-botnar-434618|title=Profile V. Botnar, FC Irtysh Pavlodar|accessdate=8 March 2026}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Sportbox.ru|Futbol/Vitalij_Botnar_Futbol_19052001}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football National League|url=https://1fnl.ru/champioship/results/712/714/746/4738/#tab=game-info|title=Game Report by FNL|language=Russian|date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
Botnar made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Torpedo Moscow on 17 July 2022 against PFC Sochi.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_15238.html|title=Torpedo v Sochi game report|date=16 July 2022|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
On 15 July 2023, Botnar signed a three-year contract with FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod|url=https://fcnn.ru/nn-info/news/team/88737/|title=Виталий Ботнарь – в "Пари НН"|date=15 July 2023|language=ru|access-date=16 July 2023|archive-date=16 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716034119/https://fcnn.ru/nn-info/news/team/88737/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 1 February 2024, Botnar returned to FC Torpedo Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Torpedo Moscow|url=https://vk.com/wall-64198898_226390|title=Виталий Ботнарь вернулся в "Торпедо"!|date=1 February 2024|language=ru}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Torpedo Moscow * Russian Football National League : 2021-22
==Career statistics== {{updated|24 May 2025}} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Kazanka Moscow |2019–20 |Russian Second League |1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||1||0 |- |rowspan="5"|Torpedo Moscow |2019–20 |rowspan="3"|Russian First League |2||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||3||0 |- |2020–21 |23||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||23||0 |- |2021–22 |36||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||36||0 |- |2022–23 |Russian Premier League |4||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||4||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !65!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!66!!0 |- |Pari Nizhny Novgorod |2023–24 |Russian Premier League |0||0||4||0||colspan=2|–||4||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Torpedo Moscow |2023–24 |rowspan="2"|Russian First League |6||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||6||0 |- |2024–25 |16||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||17||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !22!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!23!!0 |- !colspan=3|Career total !88!!0!!6!!0!!0!!0!!94!!0 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://1fnl.ru/players/4899 Profile by Russian Football National League] * {{RPL player|Botnar-Vitaliy}} * {{Soccerway|vitalii-botnar/511139}} * {{FootballFacts.ru|497211}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Botnar, Vitali}} Category:2001 births Category:Sportspeople from Bălți Category:Russian people of Moldovan descent Category:Living people Category:Russian men's footballers Category:Russia men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players Category:FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players Category:FC SKA-Khabarovsk players Category:FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Category:Russian Second League players Category:Russian First League players Category:Russian Premier League players Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players Category:Russian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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