Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin (; born 22 January 1980) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Career He played for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. He is similar to his predecessor, Alexey Smertin 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 2004 European Football Championship. On 15 August 2006 Aldonin was selected by Russia's coach Guus Hiddink to be the captain of the National team for the friendly against Latvia which took place on 16 August 2006. Career statistics Honours CSKA Moscow Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006 Russian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11 Russian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 UEFA Cup: 2004–05 References 1980 births People from Alupka Living people Russian footballers Association football midfielders Russia international footballers FC Rotor Volgograd players PFC CSKA Moscow players UEFA Cup winning players UEFA Euro 2004 players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian emigrants to Russia FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players