Ruben Kogeldans (4 January 1967 – 7 June 1989) was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender.

He died at the age of 22, when on 7 June 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo.

He was a strong defender with a lot of professional discipline in both the matches as on the training pitch.

Here he was no key player, but was occasionally used in their line-ups in which he performed well and again was able to response on criticism with his efforts on the pitch.

The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on board, including Kogeldans, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history.