Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Алдонин; born 22 January 1980)
UEFA (12 March 2009) is a Russian

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coach and a former player.

Career

He played for

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. He is similar to his predecessor,

Alexey Smertin Aleksey Gennadyevich Smertin ( rus, Алексе́й Генна́дьевич Сме́ртин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɡʲɪˈnːadʲɪvʲɪtɕ ˈsʲmʲertʲɪn; born 1 May 1975) is a Russian football official and a former player. He was a fairly ...

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

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. On 15 August 2006 Aldonin was selected by Russia's coach

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to be the captain of the National team for the friendly against

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which took place on 16 August 2006.

Career statistics

Honours

CSKA Moscow * Russian Premier League:

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

* Russian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09,

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* Russian Super Cup:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

* UEFA Cup: 2004–05

References

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