| Yuri Ryzhov | |
| Fullname: | Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov |
| Birth Date: | 13 March 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Kaluga, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Death Place: | Kaluga, Russia |
| Currentclub: | Ended his career |
| Position: | Second striker |
| Youthclubs1: | Zarya (Kaluga) |
| Years1: | 1971–1972 |
| Years2: | 1973–1975 |
| Caps2: | 66 |
| Goals2: | 12 |
| Years3: | 1975 |
| Caps3: | 21 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1976 |
| Caps4: | 40 |
| Goals4: | 15 |
| Years5: | 1977–1981 |
| Caps5: | 201 |
| Goals5: | 49 |
| Years6: | 1982 |
| Caps6: | 25 |
| Goals6: | 14 |
| Pcupdate: | 13 December 2014 |
Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Рыжов; 1952 - 2015) was a Soviet football player.[1] Master of Sports of the USSR.[2]
In his youth, Ryzhov started his career in Youth FC Zarya Kaluga. He later started playing in FC Lokomotiv Kaluga; and soon moved to the Moscow team railroad, within which in 1974 won the first league tournament, and in 1975 spent 7 matches and scored 1 goal in the premier league of the USSR; also European Railways Cup (1974). Spent five seasons in the Kemerovo of FC Kuzbass, serving first league (played in the attack, along with Vitaly Razdayev (top scorer of the first league USSR Cup in history); in the championship-1977, one of the two most successful club to Kemerovo, scored 14 goals); also played for the team in the second league.[3]
Yuri Ryzhov died on 29 June 2015 in Kaluga.