Yevgeny Ivanovich Lyadin . (April 9, 1926 – April 3, 2011) was a Russia

Russia

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n football

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 manager and former player.

Lyadin was the first foreign professional football

Football (soccer)

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 manager to coach a club in the Iranian Football League (Azadegan League) after the Iranian Revolution

Iranian Revolution

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. In 1994 while coaching F.C. Zob Ahan a club based in Isfahan, Iran

Iran

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, he invited his fellow countryman Sergey Ponomarev

Sergey Ponomarev

-Club career:Ponomarev was the first foreign professional footballer to play in the Iranian Football League after the Iranian Revolution. In 1994 he was invited to Isfahan, Iran by his countrymen Yevgeny Liyadin who was coach of F.C. Zob Ahan at the time, where he played for one...

 to come and play for his team.

Lyadin was the coach of Soviet youth national teams in 1965–1972 and 1979–1982. His teams won the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

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in 1966 and 1967.