Yuri Alekseyevich Drozdov (russian: Юрий Алексеевич Дроздов; born 16 January 1972) is a Russian association football coach and a former player who spent most of his playing career at
FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He is the manager of
Sakhalinets Moscow.
Career
Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals
FC Dynamo Moscow. Since leaving Lokomotiv in 2003, Drozdov has had short spells at
FC Alania Vladikavkaz and
FC Zhenis Astana
FC Zhenis ( kk, Жеңіс футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 200 ...
, before joining the
Russian First Division
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
side
FC Khimki
FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season.
History
The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...
, helping the club to promotion to the
Russian Premier League in 2006.
International
He was part of the USSR U-20 football team, which finished third in
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIFA ...
.
Personal life
He is the father of footballers
Nikita Drozdov
Nikita Yuryevich Drozdov (russian: Никита Юрьевич Дроздов; born 21 April 1992) is a Russian football midfielder.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on 15 July 2012 ...
and Ilya Drozdov.
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1972 births
Living people
Soviet footballers
Soviet Union youth international footballers
Soviet Union under-21 international footballers
Russian footballers
Russia international footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
FC Zhenis Astana players
FC Khimki players
Russian Premier League players
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Russian football managers
FC Vityaz Podolsk players
Association football defenders
Association football midfielders
FC FShM Torpedo Moscow players
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk players
People from Pyatigorsk
Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai
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