Valeri Bondarenko (born 22 April 1953) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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coach and a former player.

Playing career

1971–1979 he played for

FC Norma Tallinn Norma Tallinn is a now defunct Estonian football club. Norma Tallinn became the first Estonian champions after the Soviet Union collapse, they went on to defend their title next year, in 1993. Norma also won the Estonian Cup in 1994. The club wa ...

Coaching career

1993–1994 he was the assistant coach of the

Estonia national football team The Estonia national football team ( et, Eesti jalgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international football matches and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association, the governing body for football in Estonia. Estonia's home ground is ...

. 1998–1999 he was an assistant and head coach of the Estonian U18 team. In 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2004–2008 and 2010 he was the coach of

JK Narva Trans JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, are a professional Estonian association football club based in Narva that compete in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm ...

, 2000–2003 FC Levadia's coach and 2008–2009 Rovaniemi PS's coach. He briefly managed

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...

club

FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League. History Early years The team of the railway workers was founded in Nizhny Novgorod in 1916. Later it was k ...

during 2004. He was the head coach of the Swedish football club Syrianska FC since 26 January 2011 until the end of the 2011 season.

References

External links

Profile at KLISF
1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Võru Estonian people of Ukrainian descent Estonian football managers Estonian expatriate football managers JK Sillamäe Kalev managers Soviet footballers Estonian footballers JK Narva Trans managers Association footballers not categorized by position Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate football managers in Sweden Expatriate football managers in Russia {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub