Valery Yuryevich Petrakov (russian: Валерий Юрьевич Петраков, born 16 May 1958) is a Russian
soccer manager and a former
striker. He is the manager of
FC Irtysh Omsk
FC Irtysh Omsk (russian: Иртыш Омск) is a Russian football club based in Omsk, Russia. It plays in the third-tier FNL 2.
History
Their best result in the 1992 season was 2nd in the Eastern Group of the Russian First Division. It was r ...
.
Playing career
In 1975, at the age of 17, Petrakov began his career with his local team,
FC Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo-Bryansk is a Russian football club based in Bryansk.
The team colours are (Home) all blue. (Away) all white with blue shorts.
History
The club was founded in 1931 by GPU officer Filaret Adamovich. The team initially consisted of play ...
. In 1976, he transferred to
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...
where he would play for four seasons. He played for
FC Torpedo Moscow from 1981–1985 and returned to Lokomotiv Moscow for one more season in 1986.
Petrakov spent his final six years abroad with
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia.
The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on three occasions and, t ...
in Germany and then with
IFK Luleå in Sweden before retiring to coaching. His playing career included two caps and one goal for the
Soviet National Team. He was a member of the 1977
FIFA World Youth Championship
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...
champion as well as the 1980
European Youth Championship winner. In 1986, he played on Lokomotiv's successful
Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...
squad.
Coaching career
Immediately after retirement, he was appointed as manager for IFK Luleå, where he finished his playing career. In 1995, he returned to Russia to head another former club, Torpedo Moscow. While he did not win any championships at Torpedo, his clubs appeared in the
UEFA Cup
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in 1996-1997 and 2000-2001. His club also appeared in the 1997
Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foo ...
.
In 2001, he moved to Tomsk which played in the
Russian First Division at the time. Failing to achieve promotion there, he returned to the
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...
with
FC Moscow :''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.''
FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian ...
. He had a brief, unsuccessful stint with
FC Rostov
FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...
in 2005 where he was dismissed after four matches.
He returned to Tomsk for the 2006 season and achieved an 8th place finish. He signs a contract as the new head coach from
FC Alania Vladikavkaz
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club playe ...
on 4 December 200
On 11 November 2019, he joined
FC Luch Vladivostok
FC Luch Vladivostok (russian: Футбольный клуб "Луч" Владивосток) was an association football club based in Vladivostok, Russia. In 2005, Luch won the Russian First Division and played in the Premier League from 2006 ...
.
Personal life
His son
Yuri Petrakov is now a professional footballer.
References
External links
Profile (in Russian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrakov, Valery
1958 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bryansk
Soviet footballers
Soviet expatriate footballers
Russian footballers
Russian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in East Germany
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Soviet Top League players
FC Dynamo Bryansk players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
Russian football managers
Soviet Union international footballers
FC Tom Tomsk managers
FC Moscow managers
FC Rostov managers
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers
Russian Premier League managers
FC Khimki managers
FC Torpedo Moscow managers
IFK Luleå players
Association football forwards
FC Luch Vladivostok managers