Yuriy Nikiforov
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov | ||
Date of birth | 16 September 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Odessa, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Dynamo Moscow (assistant) | ||
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) | |
International career | |||
1990–1991 | Soviet Union U-21 | 5 | (0) |
1992 | CIS | 4 | (0) |
1992 | Ukraine | 3 | (0) |
1993–2002 | Russia | 55 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | Irtysh Pavlodar (assistant) | ||
2015 | Kuban Krasnodar (assistant) | ||
2017 | Dynamo-2 Moscow (assistant) | ||
2017 | Dynamo Moscow (reserves assistant) | ||
2017– | FC Dynamo Moscow (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Template:Eastern Slavic name 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 of FC Dynamo Moscow.
Club career
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).[1]
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.
International career
Nikiforov played four times for the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992, as the national team that rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union took part in that year's UEFA European Championship – he did not make the squad for the finals. His debut came on 25 January in a 1–0 friendly with the United States, in Miami.
After briefly representing Ukraine, also in that year, Nikiforov switched to Russia, with which he would participate in two FIFA World Cups – 1994 and 2002 – as well as UEFA Euro 1996 (eight matches in total, but with the national side always exiting in the group stage).[2]
In 2009, Nikiforov was part of the Russian squad that won the Legends Cup.
Personal life
Nikiforov's older brother, Oleksandr, was also a footballer. He too represented Chornomorets (four different spells), and coincided with Yuri from 1989–90.
Statistics
Club
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Soviet Union | League | Soviet Cup | Federation Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1987 | Odessa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
1988 | Chernomorets Odessa | Top League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
1989 | Dynamo Kyiv | Top League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
1990 | Chernomorets Odessa | Top League | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
1991 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 | ||||||||
Ukraine | League | Ukrainian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1992 | Chernomorets Odessa | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | ||||||
1992/93 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 | ||||||||
Russia | League | Russian Cup | Premier League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1993 | Spartak Moscow | Russian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
1994 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||||||
1995 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 8 | ||||||
1996 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 10 | ||||||
Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
1996/97 | Sporting Gijón | La Liga | 38 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 3 | ||||
1997/98 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||||||||
Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1998/99 | PSV | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
1999/00 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||||
2000/01 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||||
2001/02 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
2002/03 | RKC | Eredivisie | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||||
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
2003 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | |
2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
Country | Soviet Union | 55 | 2 | 55 | 2 | |||||||
Ukraine | 42 | 5 | 42 | 5 | ||||||||
Russia | 85 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 97 | 20 | ||||||
Spain | 65 | 3 | 65 | 3 | ||||||||
Netherlands | 128 | 6 | 128 | 6 | ||||||||
Japan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | |||
Total | 387 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 413 | 36 |
National team
CIS | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1992 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Ukraine | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
1992 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Russia | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
1993 | 2 | 0 |
1994 | 9 | 2 |
1995 | 8 | 1 |
1996 | 13 | 3 |
1997 | 4 | 0 |
1998 | 4 | 0 |
1999 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 7 | 0 |
2002 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 55 | 6 |
Honours
Club
- Chornomorets Odesa
- Ukrainian Cup (1): 1992
- Spartak Moscow
- Russian Football Premier League (3): 1993, 1994, 1996
- Russian Cup (1): 1994
- PSV Eindhoven
- Eredivisie (2): 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Johan Cruyff Shield (3):1998, 2000, 2001
Country
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- Legends Cup (2): 2009, 2010
References
- ^ "Desde Rusia con amor" (in Spanish). Fútbol de Primera. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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- ^ "Yuriy Nikiforov". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Yuriy Nikiforov". European Football. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
- RussiaTeam biography and profile Template:Ru icon
- KLISF statistics
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- Yuriy Nikiforov at BDFutbol
- Yuriy Nikiforov at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yuriy Nikiforov – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian emigrants to Russia
- Naturalised citizens of Russia
- Sportspeople from Odessa
- Soviet footballers
- Ukrainian footballers
- Russian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Soviet Top League players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Russian Premier League players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Chornomorets Odessa players
- SC Odessa players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- La Liga players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Eredivisie players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- J1 League players
- Urawa Red Diamonds players
- Soviet Union under-21 international footballers
- Soviet Union international footballers
- Ukraine international footballers
- Russia international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Ukrainian expatriate footballers
- Russian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Russian expatriates in Spain
- Russian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Russian expatriates in Japan