Yuriy Nikiforov

Yuriy Nikiforov (born 16 September 1970) is a former Ukrainian-Russian football player. He has played for Soviet Union national team, Ukraine national team and Russia national team.

Yuriy Nikiforov
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Personal information
Full nameYuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov
Date of birth16 September 1970 (aged 55)
Place of birthOdesa, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionCentre-back
Club information
Current team
Russia (assistant coach)
Youth career
Chornomorets Odesa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987Chornomorets Odesa0(0)
1987SKA Odesa5(0)
1988Chornomorets Odesa1(0)
1988–1989Dynamo Kyiv0(0)
1990–1993Chornomorets Odesa76(4)
1993–1996Spartak Moscow85(16)
1993Spartak-d Moscow3(2)
1996–1998Sporting Gijón65(2)
1998–2002PSV99(5)
2002–2003RKC23(1)
2003–2004Urawa Red Diamonds12(0)
Total369(30)
National team
1986–1987Soviet Union U-16
1990–1991Soviet Union U-215(0)
1992CIS4(0)
1992Ukraine3(0)
1993–2002Russia55(6)
Teams managed
2014–2015Irtysh Pavlodar (assistant)
2015Kuban Krasnodar (assistant)
2017Dynamo-2 Moscow (assistant)
2017Dynamo Moscow (reserves assistant)
2017–2019Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
2022–Russia (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Chornomorets Odesa

Spartak Moscow

PSV Eindhoven

National team

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CIS
Year Apps Goals
1992 4 0
Total 4 0
Ukraine
Year Apps Goals
1992 3 0
Total 3 0
Russia
Year Apps Goals
1993 2 0
1994 9 2
1995 8 1
1996 13 3
1997 4 0
1998 4 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 7 0
2002 8 0
Total 55 6

Honours

Country

Soviet Union

Russia

References