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. He also managed the Laos U23 team in preparation for the 2009 SEA Games.

Laos
Under Vdovin, Laos rose 28 places in the FIFA World Rankings, to 162nd place, a position seemingly insurmountable to minnow nations. They finished seventh in the 2007 Tiger Cup and 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup with Vdovin in charge.