Evgeni Aldonin

Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin (Russian: Евгений Валерьевич Алдонин; born 22 January 1980)^[1][2] is a Russian football coach and a former player.

Evgeni Aldonin

Aldonin with Mordovia in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin
Date of birth	(1980-01-22) 22 January 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Alupka, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1996	DYuSSh Alupka
1996–2000	Rotor Volgograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	Rotor-2 Volgograd	92	(15)
1999–2003	Rotor Volgograd	99	(7)
2004–2013	CSKA Moscow	213	(6)
2012–2013	→ Mordovia Saransk (loan)	21	(0)
2013–2014	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	17	(0)
2017–2018	Zorkiy Krasnogorsk	22	(1)
International career
2002–2007	Russia	29	(0)
Managerial career
2020–2021	Torpedo Moscow (assistant)
2021–2022	Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valerievich and the family name is Aldonin.

Career

He played for Volga Nizhny Novgorod. He is similar to his predecessor, Alexey Smertin in that he is a hard working player who can tackle well, pass accurately, shoot from distance and is a natural born leader.

He played for Russia in the 2004 European Football Championship.

On 15 August 2006 Aldonin was selected by Russia's coach Guus Hiddink to be the captain of the national team for the friendly against Latvia which took place on 16 August 2006.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rotor-d Volgograd	1997	Russian Third League	9	1	–		–		–		9	1
	1998	Russian Second League	35	5	–		–		–		35	5
	1999	Russian Second League	34	6	–		–		–		34	6
	2000	Russian Second League	14	3	–		–		–		14	3
	Total		92	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	15
Rotor Volgograd	1999	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2000	Russian Premier League	12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
	2001	Russian Premier League	29	1	1	0	–		–		30	1
	2002	Russian Premier League	29	4	1	0	–		–		30	4
	2003	Russian Premier League	29	2	1	0	–		0	0	30	2
	Total		99	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	102	7
CSKA Moscow	2004	Russian Premier League	30	0	2	0	9[a]	0	1[b]	0	42	0
	2005	Russian Premier League	29	1	8	2	15[c]	1	–		52	4
	2006	Russian Premier League	28	0	6	2	8[a]	0	1[b]	0	43	2
	2007	Russian Premier League	27	2	4	0	7[d]	0	1[b]	0	39	2
	2008	Russian Premier League	25	3	4	0	5[e]	0	–		34	3
	2009	Russian Premier League	28	0	3	1	6[f]	1	0	0	37	2
	2010	Russian Premier League	14	0	1	0	6[g]	0	0	0	21	0
	2011–12	Russian Premier League	32	0	3	0	11[h]	0	1[b]	0	47	0
	Total		213	6	31	5	67	2	4	0	315	13
Mordovia Saransk (loan)	2012–13	Russian Premier League	21	0	1	0	–		–		22	0
Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2013–14	Russian Premier League	17	0	0	0	–		–		17	0
Zorkiy Krasnogorsk	2017–18	Russian Second League	22	1	2	0	–		–		24	1
Career total			464	29	37	5	67	2	4	0	572	36

1. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in the Russian Super Cup
3. Fourteen appearances, one goal in the UEFA Cup, one appearance in the UEFA Super Cup
4. Two appearances in the UEFA Cup, five appearances in the UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in the UEFA Cup
6. Two appearances in the UEFA Cup, four appearances, one goal in the UEFA Champions League
7. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
8. Three appearances in the UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in the UEFA Champions League

Honours

CSKA Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006
• Russian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
• Russian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
• UEFA Cup: 2004–05