Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov (; born 12 August 1966) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1983 for Uralmash Sverdlovsk. Fedotov played in 125 Russian Top League matches before he scored his first goal (for Uralmash in May 1996). He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for Uralmash Yekaterinburg.

Coaching career

On 8 December 2019, he was appointed manager of

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club

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. In the 2020–21 Russian Premier League, he led Sochi to 5th place, qualifying for European competition (

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) for the first time in club's history. In the 2021–22 season, he led Sochi to the 2nd place in the league and was chosen as coach of the month by the league for May 2022. On 15 June 2022, Fedotov signed a long-term contract to coach

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. In his first season with CSKA, he led the club to the 2nd place in the 2022–23 Russian Premier League and the trophy in the

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. Fedotov was dismissed by CSKA on 3 June 2024 after CSKA finished 6th in the league.

Managerial statistics

Honours

;CSKA Moscow *

coach of the month: May 2022, July 2022, April 2023. *

coach of the season: 2022–23. * Russian Cup: 2022–23

References

1966 births Footballers from Sverdlovsk Oblast Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Spartak Yoshkar-Ola players FC Arsenal Tula players FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk players FC Sokol Saratov players Soviet Second League players Soviet First League players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Russian football managers FC Ural Yekaterinburg managers FC Orenburg managers PFC Sochi managers PFC CSKA Moscow managers Russian First League managers Russian Premier League managers 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub