Yuri Drozdov (footballer)

Yuri Alekseyevich Drozdov (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Дроздов; born 16 January 1972) is an association football coach and a former player who spent most of his playing career at FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Yuri Drozdov
Personal information
Full name Yuri Alekseyevich Drozdov
Date of birth (1972-01-16) 16 January 1972
Place of birth Pyatigorsk, USSR
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Mashuk Pyatigorsk 2 (0)
1989 EShVSM Moscow 0 (0)
1990–1992 Dynamo Moscow 18 (0)
1993–2003 Lokomotiv Moscow 254 (6)
2003–2004 Alania Vladikavkaz 37 (0)
2005 Zhenis Astana 26 (1)
2006–2008 FC Khimki 56 (1)
2008 Vityaz Podolsk 2 (0)
2009 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 18 (0)
National team
1991 USSR U-20
1999–2001 Russia 10 (0)
Teams managed
2010–2011 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow (assistant)
2012 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
2013 Dzhileks Klimovsk
2013 Krasnodar-2
2014–2017 Spartak Nalchik (assistant)
2017–2018 Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
2019–2020 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow. Since leaving Lokomotiv in 2003, Drozdov has had short spells at FC Alania Vladikavkaz and FC Zhenis Astana, before joining the Russian First Division side FC Khimki, helping the club to promotion to the Russian Premier League in 2006.

International

He was part of the USSR U-20 football team, which finished third in 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Personal life

He is the father of footballers Nikita Drozdov and Ilya Drozdov.


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