Valeriy Vdovin

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]

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

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]