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Yuri Nikiforov

Yuri Nikiforov
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Personal information
Full name Yuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov
Date of birth (1970-09-16) 16 September 1970 (age 46)
Place of birth Odessa, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow (asst coach)
Youth career
Chornomorets Odesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 SK Odesa 5 (0)
1988 Chornomorets Odesa 1 (0)
1988–1989 Dynamo Kyiv 2 (0)
1989–1993 Chornomorets Odesa 89 (7)
1993–1996 Spartak Moscow 85 (15)
1996–1998 Sporting Gijón 65 (3)
1998–2002 PSV 99 (5)
2002–2003 RKC 29 (1)
2003–2004 Urawa Reds 12 (0)
Total 387 (31)
National team
1990–1991 Soviet Union U-21 5 (0)
1992 CIS 4 (0)
1992 Ukraine 3 (0)
1993–2002 Russia 55 (6)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Irtysh Pavlodar (assistant)
2015 Kuban Krasnodar (assistant)
2017– Dynamo-2 Moscow (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Yuri Valeryevich Nikiforov (alternate spelling Valeriovych; Russian: Юрий Валерьевич Никифоров, Ukrainian: Юрій Валерійович Никифоров; born 16 September 1970) is a football coach and a former player who played mainly as a central defender. He is an assistant coach with FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Nikiforov started playing professionally with hometown's FC Chornomorets. After one year with FC Dynamo Kyiv in which he appeared solely for the reserves he returned to his first club, playing in the inaugural edition of the Ukrainian Premier League.

In early 1993, Nikiforov moved to Russia with FC Spartak Moscow, being an instrumental defensive unit as the capital side won three out of four Premier League titles, with the player also netting regularly. His first abroad experience came with Sporting de Gijón, to where he arrived at the same time as former compatriot Dmitri Cheryshev (he would also share team with another Russian while in Asturias, Igor Lediakhov).

After Gijón's relegation from La Liga, Nikiforov played five years in the Netherlands, starting with PSV Eindhoven which he helped to consecutive Eredivisie accolades. For 2002–03, the 32-year-old signed with lowly RKC Waalwijk also in the Dutch top level, with the club finishing in a comfortable ninth place. He finished his career in Japan, after one year with Urawa Red Diamonds.


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