Yuri Kushnarev
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| Date of birth | 6 June 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (15 st 0 lb; 95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuri Kushnarev (Russian: Юрий Кушнарёв) (born Moscow, 6 June 1985) is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a fullback or as a fly-half.
Club career
He first played for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, from 2003/04 to 2012/13, where he won seven titles of Russia, then for RC Kuban, in 2013/14. Kushnarev plays for Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk since 2014/15.
International career
He has 89 caps for Russia, since 2005, with 10 tries, 104 conversions and 122 penalties scored, 624 points on aggregate. Kushnarev was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games and scoring one penalty.[1][2] He has been one of the best players and top scorers for Russia.
References
- ^ "Profile". 2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Italy 53 Russia 17: match report". Daily Telegraph. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.