Valeriy Vdovin

Russian footballer and manager

Valeriy Vdovin
Personal information
Full name	Valeriy Sergeyvich Vdovin
Date of birth	1950^[1]
Place of birth	Russian SSR
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1982	Moskvich Moscow^[1]
Managerial career
2005^[2]	Laos
2005^[3]–2009	Laos U23
2007^[2]–2008	Laos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valeriy Vdovin (Russian Cyrillic: Валерий Вдовин) is a Russian football manager who took the Laos U23 to the 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship.^[4] He also managed the Laos U23 team in preparation for the 2009 SEA Games.^[5]

Laos

Under Vdovin, Laos rose 28 places in the FIFA World Rankings, to 162nd place, a position seemingly insurmountable to minnow nations.^[6] They finished seventh in the 2007 Tiger Cup and 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup with Vdovin in charge.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "VFF - HLV trưởng ĐT Olympic Lào - ông Valeriy Vdovin: "Điều kiện ở đây thật lý tưởng!"". July 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Советский спорт - новости футбол, хоккей, биатлон и другие виды спорта".
^ http://nld.com.vn/the-thao/doi-lao-tao-bat-ngo–134042.htm ^{[dead link]}
^ "VFF - HLV Valeriy Vdovin: SU23 Lào khó so với U23 Việt Nam⬝". vff.org.vn. Archived from the original on 2017-03-25.
^ "Russian football coach to train Lao football team for SEA GAMES".
^ ^a ^b FIFA.com