Yuri Drozdov (footballer)

Yuri Drozdov

Drozdov in 2008
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
Team information
Current team	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (manager)
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)
International career
1991	USSR U20	3	(0)
1992	USSR U21	4	(0)
1992–1994	Russia U21	12	(1)
1999–2001	Russia	10	(0)
Managerial career
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
2020–2023	Sakhalinets Moscow
2023–	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.

External links

• Yuri Drozdov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)