Yury Puntus Explained

Yury Puntus
Fullname:Yury Iosifovich Puntus
Birth Date:8 October 1960
Birth Place:, Minsk Raion, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Position:Forward
Years1:1977–1979
Years2:1979–1980
Years3:1980
Years4:1981–1986
Years5:1986
Years6:1992
Years7:1994
Clubs2:Granit Mikashevichi
Clubs6:Luch Minsk
Clubs7:Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk
Caps5:12
Caps6:2
Caps7:2
Goals5:4
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Manageryears1:1987–1990
Manageryears2:1991–1992
Manageryears3:1993
Manageryears4:1994
Manageryears5:1995
Manageryears6:1996–2004
Manageryears7:2000–2005
Manageryears8:2004–2006
Manageryears9:2006–2007
Manageryears10:2007–2009
Manageryears11:2009–2011
Manageryears12:2011–2013
Manageryears13:2014–2017
Manageryears14:2019
Manageryears15:2019–2021
Manageryears16:2022
Manageryears17:2023
Manageryears18:2023–2024
Managerclubs1:Sputnik Minsk (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Luch Minsk (assistant)
Managerclubs3:Dinamo Yakutsk (assistant)
Managerclubs4:Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk (assistant)
Managerclubs5:Rybak Starodubskoye (assistant)
Managerclubs7:Belarus U21
Managerclubs9:Belarus
Managerclubs13:Slavia Mozyr
Managerclubs14:Belshina Bobruisk
Managerclubs15:Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Managerclubs16:Maxline Rogachev
Managerclubs17:Naftan Novopolotsk
Managerclubs18:Maxline Vitebsk

Yury Iosifovich Puntus (Belarusian: Юрый Іосіфавіч Пунтус; Russian: Юрий Иосифович Пунтус; born 8 October 1960) is a Soviet football player and a Belarusian football coach. He quit playing football in 1987 because of an injury.[1] Puntus graduated from two universities: Belarusian Technological Institute (specialty – mechanical engineer) in 1983 and Belarusian State University of Physical Training in 1996.[2]

Managerial career

After working for a few seasons in Russian and Belarusian lower leagues' clubs, in 1996 Puntus was appointed as a head coach for newly reformed BATE Borisov. Puntus led the team to the Belarusian Premier League in just two seasons and eventually won two championship titles (in 1999 and 2002).

In 2004 Puntus joined MTZ-RIPO Minsk and led the team to winning Belarusian Cup in 2005. In January 2006 he was appointed as Belarus national football team head coach and later that year he left MTZ-RIPO to focus on national team's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. In late 2007 he was sacked due to unsatisfying results and immediately rejoined MTZ-RIPO, before leading them to another Cup title in 2008.

In the following years Puntus coached Dinamo Brest (from 2009 to 2011), Smolevichi-STI (from 2011 to 2013), whom he led to the promotion from Second League to First League, and Slavia Mozyr, whom he joined in early 2014.[3]

Honours

As Coach

BATE Borisov

MTZ-RIPO Minsk

Notes and References

  1. https://www.pressball.by/articles/football/interview/68056 Interview with Pressball.by
  2. http://www.pressball.by/articles/football/national/10981 Yury Puntus profile
  3. http://www.pressball.by/articles/football/belarus/85142 Puntus joined Slavia