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]
| 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 | |||
Laos edit
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 edit
- ^ 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
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