Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov (russian: Владимир Валентинович Федотов; born 12 August 1966) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: ...

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League The So ...

in 1983 for FC 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 The 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Silkeborg, En Avant Guingamp, and Karlsruher SC. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. No English team took part in support of Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon initially getting banned by UEFA ...

for

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...

Coaching career

On 8 December 2019, he was appointed manager of

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club

PFC Sochi Football Club Sochi (russian: Футбольный клуб Сочи, Futbolny Klub Sochi), is a Russian professional football club based in Sochi. The club is playing its home matches at the 47,000-capacity Fisht Stadium. History FC Sochi was ...

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

UEFA Conference League The UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL) is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their ...

) 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

References

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