Yuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev (Russian: Юрий Александрович Матвеев; born 8 June 1967) is a Russian association football coach and a former player.

Yuri Matveyev
Matveev in 2015
Personal information
Full name Yuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev
Date of birth (1967-06-08) 8 June 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil 97 (25)
1988–1989 FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg 71 (27)
1990 FC Zenit Leningrad 7 (0)
1990 FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg 32 (6)
1991 FC Torpedo Moscow 12 (1)
1992–1993 FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg 39 (24)
1993–1994 Ankaragücü 15 (1)
1994–1995 FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg 34 (18)
1996 PFC CSKA Moscow 15 (2)
1996–1997 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 19 (2)
1998–2000 FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 65 (17)
2000 FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 13 (1)
International career
1992–1993 Russia 4 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2011 FC Ural Yekaterinburg (assistant)
2010 FC Ural Yekaterinburg (caretaker)
2011 FC Ural Yekaterinburg
2012–2018 FC Ural Yekaterinburg (coach)
2015 FC Ural Yekaterinburg (caretaker)
2016 FC Ural Yekaterinburg (caretaker)
2018–2020 FC Ural-2 Yekaterinburg
2020–2021 FC Ural Yekaterinburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

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Matveyev made his debut for Russia in a friendly against Mexico on 16 August 1992. That was the first game Russia played under its name after the breakup of USSR.

Honours

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  • Soviet Premier League bronze: 1991.
  • Soviet Cup runner-up: 1991.
  • Top 33 players year-end list: 1992, 1998.
  • Top scorer in Russian Premier League: 1992 (20 goals in 28 games).

Coaching career

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Following several stints as a caretaker manager for FC Ural Yekaterinburg, he was hired as a permanent manager on 28 July 2020.[1] On 10 August 2021, he left Ural by mutual consent.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Юрий Матвеев утвержден в должности главного тренера "Урала"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Юрий Матвеев покидает пост главного тренера" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 10 August 2021.
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