Yuri Petrov Explained

Yuri Petrov
Fullname:Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov
Birth Date:18 July 1974
Birth Place:Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Death Place:Tilburg
Height:1.75 m
Position:Striker
Years1:1991
Years2:1992
Years3:1992–1994
Years4:1994
Years5:1994–1995
Years6:1995–1997
Years7:1998–2001
Years8:2001–2002
Years9:2002
Years10:2003
Years11:2003
Years12:2004
Years13:2004–2006
Years14:2006–2008
Years15:2008–2009
Clubs7:RKC Waalwijk
Clubs8:ADO Den Haag (loan)
Clubs9:RKC Waalwijk
Clubs15:ASWH
Clubs16:Haaglandia
Clubs17:PSV (amateur team)
Caps1:14
Caps2:5
Caps3:20
Caps4:2
Caps5:12
Caps6:74
Caps7:71
Caps8:32
Caps9:2
Caps10:4
Caps11:9
Caps12:13
Caps13:12
Caps14:40
Goals1:1
Goals2:1
Goals3:2
Goals4:0
Goals5:7
Goals6:15
Goals7:10
Goals8:5
Goals9:0
Goals10:2
Goals11:1
Goals12:0
Goals13:0
Goals14:5
Nationalyears1:1993
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1994
Nationalcaps2:5
Nationalgoals2:0

Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Петров; 18 July 1974 – 28 April 2023) was a Russian footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands, notably with RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente.

Club career

Petrov played one game in the UEFA Cup 1993–94 for Lokomotiv Moscow. He was fired by FC Twente in 1998 because of alcohol abuse.[1] He later played for clubs in Russia and Ukraine and returned to Holland to play for FC Volendam in 2006.[2]

International career

Petrov represented Russia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[3]

Personal life and death

Petrov was married to Tanya Kazakova and they had two children. They divorced because of him developing a severe drinking problem.[4]

Petrov died on 28 April 2023, at the age of 48.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/1998/02/fc-twente-ontslaat-youri-petrov/ FC Twente ontslaat Youri Petrov
  2. http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/54627_volendam-contracteert-petrov Volendam contracteert Petrov
  3. Web site: Yuri Petrov . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085120/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=164505/ . dead . 19 August 2014 . FIFA . 17 August 2014.
  4. http://www.tubantia.nl/fc-twente/youri-petrov-ex-voetballer-van-fc-twente-is-alles-kwijt~aa576851/ Youri Petrov, ex-voetballer van FC Twente, is alles kwijt
  5. Web site: Футболист Юрий Петров ушёл из жизни в возрасте 48 лет. osnmedia.ru/. 17 August 2014.