Yuri Gavrilov

Yuri Gavrilov

Yuri Gavrilov (2014)
Personal information
Full nameYuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov
Date of birthMay 3, 1953
Place of birthSetun,
Odintsovsky District,
Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionretired
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972Iskra Moscow
1973–1976Dynamo Moscow37(5)
1977–1985Spartak Moscow280(89)
1986Dnipro25(3)
1987Lokomotiv Moscow35(12)
1988–1989Porin Pallotoverit36(11)
1990Lokomotiv Moscow16(0)
1991–1992Asmaral Moscow60(8)
1992Presnya Moscow10(4)
1993Interros Moscow38(5)
1994Saturn Ramenskoye41(13)
1995–1996FC Agro Chişinău16(0)
1996–1997Spumante Cricova4(0)
National team
1978–1985USSR46(10)
Teams managed
Agro Chişinău
2000Chkalovets-Olimpik Novosibirsk
2001DR Congo
2003Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow (reserves assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Bronze 1980 Moscow Team Competition

Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Гаврилов) (born May 3, 1953 in Setun, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who played for Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow.

He made 46 appearances for the USSR national football team and scored 10 goals.[1] He also competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.[2] His creative skills are immortalized by Konstantin Beskov's famous phrase "If you don't know what to do with the ball, pass it to Gavrilov". Yuri Gavrilov has his own football school in Moscow called SC Svyatogor.

Career

Gavrilov's football career started in Iskra Moscow football school when he was 7. He was invited by school director who saw Yury playing with other kids on the Iskra stadium. When he was 19, Konstantin Beskov took him to Dinamo Moscow from Iskra amateur team. But there was an expensive number of quality players in 70's Dinamo, and Gavrilov couldn't find the permanent place in Dinamo squad.

Gavrilov followed Konstantin Beskov into Spartak Moscow in 1977. Gavrilov acvieve the key playmaker role in new Spartak Moscow team built up by Beskov. After being winger in Dinamo, Gavrilov's new role in Spartak team let him show his best abilities and proved himself one of the all-time best Soviet football creative midfielders.

While he made a lot of good passes, he scored a lot of goals as well. Gavrilov was Soviet Top League top goalscorer twice, scored 140 times during his career.

During his professional career Gavrilov played also for the Finnish club Porin Pallotoverit and Moldovan club FC Agro Chişinău.

In 2001 Gavrilov took charge of the DR Congo national football team for one game. He coached DR Congo in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Côte d'Ivoire.[3][4]

External links

References

  1. Arnhold, Matthias (27 March 2015). "Yuriy Vasilyevich Gavrilov - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "Yuri Gavrilov Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  3. "Russian takes over DR Congo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  4. "World Cup Archive". FIFA. Retrieved 2012-10-26.