Alyaksandr Valadzko

Alyaksandr Valadzko
	Valadzko with Belarus in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Alyaksandr Pawlavich Valadzko
Date of birth	8 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Motal, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Brest (assistant coach)
Youth career
2004–2005	Dinamo Brest
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Dinamo Brest
2008–2017	BATE Borisov
2018	Shakhter Karagandy
2019	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2020	BATE Borisov
Total
International career
2006–2009	Belarus U21
2012–2014	Belarus
Managerial career
2021–2022	BATE Borisov (assistant)
2023–	Dinamo Brest (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alyaksandr Pawlavich Valadzko, also spelled sometimes as Aleksandr Pavlovich Volodko (Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Па́ўлавіч Валадзько́; Russian: Алекса́ндр Па́влович Володько́; Polish: Aleksander Wołodko; born 18 June 1986) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Valadzko spent 10 years playing for BATE Borisov as a central defender or defensive midfielder. He was part of the Belarus U21 national team that participated in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. On 19 September 2012, Valadzko opened the scoring and assisted the third goal in BATE's 3–1 away victory over Lille, which was the first Champions League group stage win in the team's history.^[1] Following his strong performances for BATE, he was called up to the senior national team for the first time in October 2012 for two 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Spain and Georgia.^[2] He made his debut on 12 October 2012, playing the first half of the 4–0 loss against the Iberians.^[3]