Yury Morozov (footballer, born 1934) explained

Yury Morozov
Fullname:Yury Andreyevich Morozov
Birth Date:13 May 1934
Birth Place:Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1954
Years2:1955–1956
Years3:1957–1958
Years4:1958–1961
Years5:1962–1964
Clubs5:Dinamo Leningrad
Manageryears1:1974–1976
Manageryears2:1976–1977
Manageryears3:1977–1982
Manageryears4:1983
Manageryears5:1983–1984
Manageryears6:1984–1987
Manageryears7:1986–1990
Manageryears8:1988
Manageryears9:1990
Manageryears10:1991
Manageryears11:1992–1993
Manageryears12:1994–1995
Manageryears13:1995–1997
Manageryears14:2000–2002
Manageryears15:2002–2003
Managerclubs1:USSR (assistant coach)
Managerclubs2:Spartak Moscow (assistant coach)
Managerclubs4:USSR (assistant coach)
Managerclubs7:USSR (assistant coach)
Managerclubs12:Kuwait (assistant coach)
Managerclubs13:Zenit St. Petersburg (sports director)
Managerclubs15:FC Petrotrest St. Peterburg

Yury Andreyevich Morozov (Russian: Ю́рий Андре́евич Моро́зов; 13 May 1934 – 15 February 2005[1]) was a Soviet football player and coach.

He made his name as a midfielder in the 1950s and 1960s with his hometown clubs FC Zenit, Admiralteyets and FC Dinamo Leningrad, earning himself a call-up to the USSR 'B' team.

He retired from playing at the age of 31 and worked at FC Zenit's youth academy and became a dean of football science at the Lesgaft Academy of Physical Education. He then joined Valery Lobanovsky's USSR coaching staff, assisting the famous coach at the 1976 Olympics, where they won bronze, and in their run to the 1988 UEFA European Championship final. He also worked with Lobanovsky at clubs in the Middle East at the helm of the Kuwaiti national side.

In 1977, having previously been part of the coachings staff at Spartak Moscow, he took on his first head coach's job with former club Zenit leading them to third place in the Soviet Supreme League in 1980, their highest-ever finish at the time. He had three spells as head coach at FC Zenit over a 15-year period and in 1984 the team he built became Soviet champions for the only time. He left the club for the final time in 2002 due to ill health but returned to coaching at FC Petrotrest St. Peterburg.

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  1. Web site: Russland-Aktuell.