Yuri Nyrkov | |
Fullname: | Yuri Aleksandrovich Nyrkov |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1924 |
Birth Place: | Vyshny Volochyok, Russian SFSR |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Yunye Pionery Stadium Moscow |
Years1: | 1946–1947 |
Years2: | 1948–1952 |
Years3: | 1952 |
Years4: | 1953 |
Years5: | 1954 |
Clubs5: | CDSA Moscow |
Caps1: | ? |
Caps2: | 68 |
Caps3: | 3 |
Caps4: | 0 |
Caps5: | 23 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1952 |
Nationalteam1: | USSR |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Yuri Aleksandrovich Nyrkov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Нырков) (June 29, 1924, Vyshny Volochyok, Russian SFSR – December 20, 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet football player.
Nyrkov made his debut for USSR on July 15, 1952, in an Olympics game against Bulgaria.[1]
He served in the army in World War II. After his retirement from soccer he returned to service and eventually reached the rank of Major General.