Vadim Afonin (russian: Вадим Афонин, born 29 September 1987) is an Uzbek-

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who plays as a

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Career

Club

In February 2014 Afonin signed for

Gazovik Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 197 ...

. On 21 June 2017,

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional Association football, football club based in the Dagestani capital of ...

announced the signing of Afonin on a one-year contract with an option of a second year. He returned to

FC Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 1 ...

on 11 January 2018. On 19 February 2020 he was removed by Orenburg from their squad registered with the league. On 2 March 2020, he returned to Uzbekistan and signed with

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. History Lokomotiv was founded ...

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* 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistan youth international footballers Uzbekistan under-20 international footballers Uzbekistan international footballers Association football midfielders Russian footballers Russian people of Uzbekistani descent Expatriate footballers in Russia Uzbekistani expatriate footballers FC Rubin Kazan players FC Salyut Belgorod players FC Orenburg players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Russian Premier League players Uzbekistan Super League players {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub