Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (russian: link=no, Сергей Николаевич Юран, uk, Сергій Миколайович Юран ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Russian professional
football manager and a former player.
As a
striker, he represented
the USSR and
Russia
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at international level. He has Russian, Ukrainian and Portuguese citizenship.
Club career
At club level he played in six countries. After his playing career abruptly ended in 2001 following a skull injury, he became a manager.
International career
He was capped by the
USSR
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(and later the
CIS), and despite being born in
Ukraine
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and having been honored as the best Ukrainian footballer, chose to represent
Russia
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after the breakup of the
USSR
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. He was part of the CIS squad at the
UEFA Euro 1992
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Denmark won the 1992 championship, having qualifi ...
, appearing in two matches, and part of the Russia squad at the
1994 FIFA World Cup
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, making one appearance.
In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the
2009 Legends Cup, a friendly tournament for retired players.
Coaching career
His first experience in coaching was as assistant manager under
Andrey Chernyshov in
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, 2003. After three months, Chernyshov and his assistants were fired from Spartak. In 2004 Yuran managed
Dynamo Stavropol. After a brief spell with
Latvian side
FC Ditton from January to May 2006, Yuran was appointed as manager of
Estonia
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n champions
FC TVMK in July 2006, but in December he unexpectedly left the team. Soon, he took charge at the
First Division side
Shinnik Yaroslavl, aiming to win promotion to the
Premier League
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.
Since summer of 2008 Sergey Yuran was head coach of
FC Khimki
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History
The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki ...
, he was fired on 2 December 2008, despite the fact that the club managed to stay in the
Russian Premier League
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.
On 29 December 2014, he became manager of
Russian Football National League
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club
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
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History
The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as ''Pishchevik Kalin ...
.
On 27 January 2020, he was hired once again by
Khimki
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Khimki was initially a railway station th ...
, now in the
Russian Football National League
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. The club only played 2 games after the resumption of the 2019–20 season after the winter break and then the season was abandoned due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
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. As Khimki were 2nd in the league at the time of abandonment, the club was promoted to the
Russian Premier League
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. He led Khimki to the
2019–20 Russian Cup
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The competition started 19 July 2019, but suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.
L ...
final, where the club lost to
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 1 August 2020, he was fired by Khimki.
On 21 October 2020, he was hired by
FNL club
SKA-Khabarovsk.
On 23 February 2022, Yuran was hired by
Khimki
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Khimki was initially a railway station th ...
for his third spell at the club, with the team in last place in the
Russian Premier League
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standings at the time. Under his management, Khimki avoided relegation through the playoffs. After just 4 games in the 2022–23 season, with the club in 7th place, Yuran left Khimki by mutual consent.
Personal life
His son
Artyom Yuran is a professional footballer.
Career statistics
Player
Honours
Club
Dynamo Kyiv
*
Soviet Top League
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:
1990
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*
USSR Cup:
1990
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Benfica
*
Primeira Divisão
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:
1993–94
*
Taça de Portugal
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:
1992–93
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Porto
*Primeira Divisão:
1994–95
Spartak Moscow
*
Russian Premier League
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:
1999
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Individual
*
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual journalist award given by the ''Ukrainskiy Football'' ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to ...
: 1990
*
European Cup Top Scorer: 1992 (shared with
Jean-Pierre Papin
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)
References
External links
International recordat RSSSF.com
Yuran abroad, all goalsat Legioner.Kulichki.com
at Permian.ru
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1969 births
Living people
Ukrainian emigrants to Russia
Footballers from Luhansk
Soviet footballers
Soviet Union under-21 international footballers
Soviet Union international footballers
Russian footballers
Russia international footballers
Russian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Russian expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Russian football managers
Dual internationalists (football)
Association football forwards
FC Zorya Luhansk players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
S.L. Benfica footballers
FC Porto players
Millwall F.C. players
FC Spartak Moscow players
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
VfL Bochum players
SK Sturm Graz players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet First League players
Bundesliga players
Primeira Liga players
Russian Premier League players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
UEFA Euro 1992 players
1994 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Champions League top scorers
Russian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Latvia
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
FC TVMK managers
Expatriate football managers in Estonia
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
FC Dynamo Stavropol managers
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers
FC Khimki managers
Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
FC Astana managers
Russian Premier League managers
FC Sibir Novosibirsk managers
Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
FC Baltika Kaliningrad managers
Expatriate football managers in Armenia
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia
FC Mika managers
FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers
Naturalised citizens of Portugal