Yuri Anatolyevich Kurnenin ( be, Юрый Анатолевіч Курненін, russian: Юрий Анатольевич Курненин; 14 June 1954 – 30 July 2009
) was a
Belarusian professional
football
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player and coach of
Russian origin. As a player, he made his professional debut in the
Soviet Top League in 1973 for
FC Dynamo Moscow.
To date, he remains the only Belarusian manager to have coached a national team in a major competition, when he coached
Syria
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in the
1996 AFC Asian Cup
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.
Honours
*
Soviet Top League champion: 1982.
* Soviet Top League bronze: 1973, 1975, 1983.
*
Soviet Cup finalist: 1987.
European club competitions
*
UEFA Cup 1974–75
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with
FC Dynamo Moscow: 1 game, 1 goal.
*
European Cup 1983–84
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with
FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games, 2 goals.
*
UEFA Cup 1984–85
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with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games.
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UEFA Cup 1986–87
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with FC Dinamo Minsk: 2 games.
References
1954 births
People from Orekhovo-Zuyevo
2009 deaths
Belarusian people of Russian descent
Russian footballers
Soviet footballers
Belarusian footballers
Association football defenders
Soviet Top League players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
FC Dinamo Minsk players
Belarusian football managers
Belarusian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Syria
FC Dynamo Brest managers
Syria national football team managers
FC Dinamo Minsk managers
1996 AFC Asian Cup managers
Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast
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