Yuriy Nikiforov

Russian/Ukrainian association football player

Yuriy Nikiforov (born 16 September 1970) is a former Ukrainian-Russian football player. He has played for Soviet Union national team, Ukraine national team and Russia national team.

Yuriy Nikiforov
Personal information
Full name Yuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov
Date of birth (1970-09-16) 16 September 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Odesa, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Russia (assistant coach)
Youth career
Chornomorets Odesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Chornomorets Odesa 0 (0)
1987 SKA Odesa 5 (0)
1988 Chornomorets Odesa 1 (0)
1988–1989 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1990–1993 Chornomorets Odesa 76 (4)
1993–1996 Spartak Moscow 85 (16)
1993 Spartak-d Moscow 3 (2)
1996–1998 Sporting Gijón 65 (2)
1998–2002 PSV 99 (5)
2002–2003 RKC 23 (1)
2003–2004 Urawa Red Diamonds 12 (0)
Total 369 (30)
National team
1986–1987 Soviet Union U-16
1990–1991 Soviet Union U-21 5 (0)
1992 CIS 4 (0)
1992 Ukraine 3 (0)
1993–2002 Russia 55 (6)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Irtysh Pavlodar (assistant)
2015 Kuban Krasnodar (assistant)
2017 Dynamo-2 Moscow (assistant)
2017 Dynamo Moscow (reserves assistant)
2017–2019 Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
2022– Russia (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chornomorets Odesa 1987 Soviet First League 0 0 0 0 0 0
SKA Odesa 1987 Soviet Second League 5 0 5 0
Chornomorets Odesa 1988 Soviet Top League 1 0 1 0
Dynamo Kyiv 1988 Soviet Top League 0 0 0 0
1989 Soviet Top League 0 0 2[a] 0 1[b] 0 3 0
Total 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Chornomorets Odesa 1990 Soviet Top League 17 0 3 0 3[a] 0 4[b] 1 27 1
1991 Soviet Top League 30 2 4 1 34 3
1992 Ukrainian Premier League 18 2 6 1 24 3
1992–93 Ukrainian Premier League 11 0 1 0 4[c] 4 16 4
Total 76 4 14 2 7 4 4 1 101 11
Spartak Moscow 1993 Russian Premier League 23 0 2 0 5[d] 0 30 0
1994 Russian Premier League 26 2 5 0 9[d] 0 40 2
1995 Russian Premier League 22 9 2 0 6[d] 3 30 12
1996 Russian Premier League 14 5 3 2 2[d] 2 19 9
Total 85 16 12 2 22 5 0 0 119 23
Spartak-d Moscow 1993 Russian Second League 3 2 1 0 4 2
Sporting Gijón 1996–97 La Liga 38 2 3 1 41 3
1996–97 La Liga 27 0 0 0 27 0
Total 65 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 68 3
PSV 1998–99 Eredivisie 25 1 4 1 5[d] 0 1[e] 0 35 2
1999–2000 Eredivisie 29 3 1 0 5[d] 0 35 3
2000–01 Eredivisie 26 1 5 0 12[f] 0 1[e] 0 44 1
2001–02 Eredivisie 19 0 3 0 6[g] 0 1[e] 0 28 0
Total 99 5 13 1 28 0 3 0 143 6
RKC 2002–03 Eredivisie 23 1 4 0 27 1
Urawa Red Diamonds 2003 J1 League 12 0 4[h] 0 16 0
Career total 369 30 49 6 57 9 12 1 486 46
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in the UEFA Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in the USSR Federation Cup
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Appearance in the Johan Cruyff Shield
  6. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances in the UEFA Cup
  7. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Cup
  8. Appearances in the J.League Cup

National team

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CIS
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

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Chornomorets Odesa

Spartak Moscow

PSV Eindhoven

Country

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Soviet Union

Russia

References

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  1. "Yuriy Nikiforov". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. "Yuriy Nikiforov". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 4 July 2016.